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« Reply #75 on: March 11, 2009, 19:32:37 » |
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Late arrival of an inbound train does not always mean a late departure for the next working - it depends just how late the inbound is. The practice at Oxford is often to bring a late running terminator from London into platform 1 and turn it round in the platform to form the next up service, so cutting out the time taken going down to the sidings and back. No computer system could predict this - it needs human intervention to keep the CIS▸ updated.
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« Reply #76 on: March 11, 2009, 21:35:12 » |
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Welcome to the forum Oxman
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« Reply #77 on: March 11, 2009, 22:59:34 » |
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No computer system could predict this - it needs human intervention to keep the CIS▸ updated.
I think it is often forgotten that computers can never replace people, they just make them more efficient. |
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« Reply #78 on: March 12, 2009, 23:21:49 » |
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Glad to see that the spirit of the old system still lives on somewhere in all the new kit.
Tonight as I was waiting for the train home, Annie - and she is frightfully posh in her new incarnation, think 1940s black and white film received pronunciation - burst into life as a train from Bicester approached platform 3, a dead-end bay for those not familiar with Oxford, announcing that passengers should stand well back from the edge of platform 3 as the approaching train would not be stopping! Happily, the driver seemed to know where to find the brake controller.
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« Reply #79 on: March 13, 2009, 00:20:56 » |
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Still some problems on platform 3 - trains disappearing etc. Probably down to the interaction between signaller and CIS▸ .
Most of the additional screens now running (eg. in the waiting room on platform 2)
Train proximity sensors (which turn up the volume of PA▸ announcements when a train is at the platform) appears to be working.
Hearing induction loops still to be commissioned.
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« Reply #80 on: March 13, 2009, 10:51:32 » |
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Glad to see that the spirit of the old system still lives on somewhere in all the new kit.
I am just waiting for the display screens on the concourse to display 'Thames trains apologise this screen is not working' in sympathy for the removal of the old one! :-) |
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« Reply #81 on: March 13, 2009, 14:08:23 » |
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Glad to see that the spirit of the old system still lives on somewhere in all the new kit.
Tonight as I was waiting for the train home, Annie - and she is frightfully posh in her new incarnation, think 1940s black and white film received pronunciation - burst into life as a train from Bicester approached platform 3, a dead-end bay for those not familiar with Oxford, announcing that passengers should stand well back from the edge of platform 3 as the approaching train would not be stopping! Happily, the driver seemed to know where to find the brake controller.
This happens elsewhere with empty stock running into bay platforms, e.g. platform 2 at Swindon. I'm told it's because the announcing system uses train reporting numbers to track trains. Passenger trains will be either class 1 or class 2 (so would have a reporting number something like 1A23* or 2B34) but empty coaching stock is class 5 (so the headcode would be of the form 5C67). The automated announcer recognizes the reporting numbers of class 1 and 2 trains that are due to call at the station. Any other train (including passenger trains not booked to call, plus *all* freight and ECS▸ workings) is announced as "please stand clear, the approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station". *For a fuller explanation of reporting numbers, see for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headcode. As an aside, if a conductor or train manager cancels you ticket using the "official" Zifa ticket stamper rather than a biro or old-fashined set of nippers, the last four characters of this are the reporting number of the train you were travelling on (or should be). THis enables any refund claims due to delays to be verified after the event. RPIs▸ seem to cancel just using the last four characters set to 0X00 or 0X01 though. |
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« Reply #82 on: March 14, 2009, 10:42:39 » |
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But this was a passenger working - though sometimes it's hard to tell the difference from empty stock with the Bicester branch trains.
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« Reply #83 on: March 16, 2009, 00:15:43 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #84 on: March 16, 2009, 09:53:08 » |
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New dot matrix screens on all three platforms not working this morning, just blank with the time showing below. LCD summary screens still working.
Also 'new' lcd departure board on some Cotswold line stations not working since last friday, just showing title bar and a blank screen.
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« Reply #85 on: June 02, 2009, 18:46:45 » |
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From the Oxford Times: Cyclists who have abandoned bicycles at Oxford train station face having them scrapped by First Great Western.
The rail company has tagged 600 cycles parked in racks outside the station with people given one month to claim them before they are confiscated and sold for scrap or for re-use.
The move has been welcomed by cyclists in the city who say it has become increasingly difficult to park at the station despite an ^80,000 investment in cycle shelters by FGW▸ last year which provided 80 more racks.
FGW has given owners until Wednesday, June 10, to prove a cycle has not been abandoned by removing the label.
So far, 85 cycles have still not been claimed.
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #86 on: June 02, 2009, 23:07:07 » |
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Oxford is notorious for bikes filling up racks no matter how many you have. This sort of thing has been done routinely over the years, as quite a few students just leave a ramshackle old thing and forget all about it when they leave University.
Two stories spring to mind, once a contractor was on site early on a Sunday morning removing those bikes that had been deemed abandoned, and despite the police being informed in advance, they still turned up with sirens blazing having had a phone call from someone assuming they were being nicked!
The other story harks back to the days of the station forecourt development (circa 1997), when all of the racks were renewed and abandoned bikes were removed to a storage facility in what was to become the Said Business School. Several bikes remained uncollected after a few months and were disposed of, but some chap came down well over a year later asking where his bike was!
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #87 on: June 03, 2009, 11:14:52 » |
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Monday and Tuesday this week in the evening peak platform 2 at Oxford has been closed with all services diverted to platform 1.
CIS▸ and automated announcements all over the place with frequent manual announcements to please ignore any automated ones. (in addition to tuesdays clock problem)
Both days track staff in orange overalls wandering up and down the track near platform 2.
Signal failure? No reasons given.
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« Reply #88 on: July 02, 2009, 19:58:54 » |
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Platform 2 closed for 2 hours again this afternoon due to failed circuit. Finally handed back at approx 1635. Duty manager confirmed same fault as earlier in the month as he commented that he was on duty then as well.
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« Reply #89 on: October 07, 2009, 00:40:36 » |
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All the pointwork giving access to the stabling sidings on the western side of the line north of the station, used by terminating services from London, has been renewed. I hope they have fitted super-reliable point motors, because as part of the project, Network Rail are removing the points at the north end of the sidings, so no way out in that direction in future if there's a problem at the southern end.
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