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| Hitchin Fly-over 05/07/2013 at 12:25 #46519 | |
metcontrol
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Hit and miss with the trains using the loop. On Wednesday (3rd July) the 1153 King's Cross-Cambridge used it, but the day after it didn't and nor did the 1253. Nice bonus to be on the one on Wednesday. I didn't think I would get to travel on it until regular running later in the year.
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| Hitchin Fly-over 09/08/2013 at 10:25 #48159 | |
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dwelham313
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Just thought i'd mention that all flyover training for FCC drivers is currently suspended and has been for several weeks due to a shortage of drivers. With only around 5-10% of drivers currently trained the December deadline for having all drivers competant is looming!
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| Hitchin Fly-over 09/08/2013 at 11:01 #48161 | |
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metcontrol
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I've seen a fair few trains still using it - most commonly the Moorgate-Letchworth services. My usual trains to London tend to pass these either leaving Hitchin or I see them on the loop itself. You must be a driver? We have had similar route/stock learning "issues" on the Sub-Surface lines on the underground. It's normally the drivers who are all doom and gloom, whilst planning in the background usually has everything sorted. This time of year will always see less availability - which is probably why even though the loop was completed weeks ago, the full running is not until December.
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| Hitchin Fly-over 09/08/2013 at 11:29 #48164 | |
Peter Bennet
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1C37 has just gone over according to the RealTraintimes feed. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| Hitchin Fly-over 09/08/2013 at 13:33 #48170 | |
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John
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What exactly is involved in order for a driver to sign the flyover? Do you just need to be conducted over it a couple of times in each direction? Log in to reply |
| Hitchin Fly-over 09/08/2013 at 14:04 #48171 | |
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benstafford
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2F31 has just gone over
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| Hitchin Fly-over 09/08/2013 at 22:10 #48202 | |
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metcontrol
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" said:What exactly is involved in order for a driver to sign the flyover?I hope they don't go in each direction for this loop If NR is the same as LUL, then basically a driver will be shown the route with an instructor driver (being shown signal locations, speed limits etc etc) then will drive it at least once before signing to say they are "happy" with the route. It is relatively easy to get that part of it done - the hard part is releasing drivers from normal duties to get them the opportunity to do it. Then there can also be the headache of them having been trained for a route so many months in advance that by the time they get to do it again they require refresher training. Log in to reply |
| Hitchin Fly-over 10/08/2013 at 05:52 #48206 | |
ozrail
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It must be a nightmare knowing which trains have a qualified driver for the flyover and which don't. How is it done? Is the driver asked before the train leaves King Cross or do Signallers just give the train the new route and hope for the best?
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| Hitchin Fly-over 10/08/2013 at 08:50 #48208 | |
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Stephen Fulcher
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They would not just hope for the best as it would cause chaos timing the route out each time a driver did not sign.
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| Hitchin Fly-over 10/08/2013 at 15:01 #48210 | |
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Jan
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I've read somewhere else that supposedly signallers phone the drivers via CSR before their departure from King's Cross to ask them whether they sign the flyover.
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. Log in to reply |
| Hitchin Fly-over 11/08/2013 at 11:10 #48230 | |
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dwelham313
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Yes the signaller calls you via CSR to ask if you sign the road usually around Knebworth/Stevenage. This is mostly on the PM peak class 2s where a delay at Hitchin is usually incured. I think the training comprises a couple of hours in the classroom followed by a trip over, nothing too taxing but has to be done. Yes i'm sure the powers that be have a 'plan' in action to get all of us signed off by December, however there's still a handfull of drivers who havn't signed off Hertford - Stevenage causing some headaches! Plenty of trainee drivers coming through the training school so hopefully won't have these problems when we start learning the southern! (whenever that may be!) Log in to reply |
| Hitchin Fly-over 08/06/2014 at 10:31 #61447 | |
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delticfan
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Can't see this posted already, but found this on youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6yuO-eWqdw Mal. Log in to reply The following user said thank you: welshdragon |
| Hitchin Fly-over 09/06/2014 at 20:07 #61499 | |
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metcontrol
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It wasn't until I watched the first few seconds of that I realised it's been almost a year since it opened. Where did that time go :yikes Strangely, although I now travel over the flyover route almost daily, it's still like a "new" route - with me "paying attention" each time I go along it to see if I spot anything I hadn't on (what must be) over a hundred times before - I have only been the old way a couple of times since December, and I have been over it 3-6 times a week since then. I wonder when this bit will become the same as the rest of my journey, and I won't bother looking up / waking up as much 
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| Hitchin Fly-over 09/06/2014 at 20:38 #61501 | |
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lionel87
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I like the way that the Class 313 is strengthened from 3 cars to 6 cars between using the flyover and arriving at Letchworth... 
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| Hitchin Fly-over 10/06/2014 at 03:18 #61511 | |
BarryM
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" said:I like the way that the Class 313 is strengthened from 3 cars to 6 cars between using the flyover and arriving at Letchworth... :laugh:?? Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply |