Currently on a District train at Ealing Broadway.
AIUI, as with most modern air conditioned rolling stock, the doors usually close after a short period of time to allow the air con/heating to work efficiently. They can be opened with a press of a button by a passenger.
But on this train it appears to not be the case.
You can hear from the noise from the air con in the train ceiling that its working overtime, I assume to try and keep the carriages cool. Obviously it is a wasted effort as the cold air is just flowing straight out of all the permanently open doors.
I use the Underground often, and out of the surface lines that use these types of trains I experience this most often on the District line. Hardly ever on the H&C from Hammersmith when I use that (the doors there close after a short time to help maintain a comfortable interior temperature).
I remember one day last year during the 40 degree unbearable heatwave the same thing happened on a District Line train I was on. Similarly, in freezing winter on above ground stations the doors have been stuck on open when paused for a few minutes and it has been perishingly cold, with the heating blowing relentlessly to no effect as it just goes outside.
My question, why does this seem to happen so often on the District but not the H and C lines? Is it something to do with the stock assigned to those lines?
And why doesn’t TFL do something to fix this? It is terrible both for passenger comfort, and also for the environment, using electricity to cool/heat the train when it is just all pouring outside through the many open doors.
AIUI, as with most modern air conditioned rolling stock, the doors usually close after a short period of time to allow the air con/heating to work efficiently. They can be opened with a press of a button by a passenger.
But on this train it appears to not be the case.
You can hear from the noise from the air con in the train ceiling that its working overtime, I assume to try and keep the carriages cool. Obviously it is a wasted effort as the cold air is just flowing straight out of all the permanently open doors.
I use the Underground often, and out of the surface lines that use these types of trains I experience this most often on the District line. Hardly ever on the H&C from Hammersmith when I use that (the doors there close after a short time to help maintain a comfortable interior temperature).
I remember one day last year during the 40 degree unbearable heatwave the same thing happened on a District Line train I was on. Similarly, in freezing winter on above ground stations the doors have been stuck on open when paused for a few minutes and it has been perishingly cold, with the heating blowing relentlessly to no effect as it just goes outside.
My question, why does this seem to happen so often on the District but not the H and C lines? Is it something to do with the stock assigned to those lines?
And why doesn’t TFL do something to fix this? It is terrible both for passenger comfort, and also for the environment, using electricity to cool/heat the train when it is just all pouring outside through the many open doors.
