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Blackfriars Spur 5mph 18/06/2014 at 07:03 #61806
John
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I've never noticed this before, but I happened to be looking at the Train List, when I observed a train coming from London Bridge was travelling at just 5mph when running on clear signals.



This also happens in the opposite direction



I think I'm right in saying that the linespeed throughout is 15mph?

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Blackfriars Spur 5mph 18/06/2014 at 08:27 #61809
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Had it originally been approaching a red? I had noticed a few trains take ages around Blackfriars also from Elephant & Castle if they passed a Yellow, which I think may be an error in the defensive driving rules of the Timetable?
Sorry guys, I am in the business of making people wait!
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Blackfriars Spur 5mph 19/06/2014 at 18:31 #61856
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Certainly trains coming from London Bridge always approach L44 at danger, as even when the the train is granted the slot straight away, it takes a little while before the route from L44 is set.
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Blackfriars Spur 5mph 19/06/2014 at 19:40 #61858
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" said:
Had it originally been approaching a red? I had noticed a few trains take ages around Blackfriars also from Elephant & Castle if they passed a Yellow, which I think may be an error in the defensive driving rules of the Timetable?
I think it's got something to do with that. If I've understood the rules correctly, if you change the value in the 'From' box on the rule for approaching a Yellow to 30, it should stop trains reducing to a stupidly low speed on passing a Y signal. Can't comment on the realism of this. What's happening at the moment is that trains are passing the Yellow at 15mph and reducing to 33% of that speed, i.e. 15 mph. Changing the 'from' value to 25 means that this rule only comes into force for trains travelling at more than 30 mph to begin with.

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Blackfriars Spur 5mph 19/06/2014 at 23:40 #61859
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See also my post here about the defensive driving rules included in the default timetable.
Two million people attempt to use Birmingham's magnificent rail network every year, with just over a million of them managing to get further than Smethwick.
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