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 More options Oct 16 2012, 8:29 am
Newsgroups: uk.railway
From: rob...@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:29:42 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Oct 16 2012 8:29 am
Subject: Re: Identifying First Class end of EMT HST
On Monday, October 15, 2012 2:54:23 PM UTC+1, D7666 wrote:
> On Oct 1, 6:59 pm, "David Thornhill" <s...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> > We discussed this at length some years ago.

> > It has been a feature of the MML that which way round the trains are is

> > random. I doubt it will ever be solved.

> Back to the original question, well not identification from front end,

> but orientation, is EMT MML really random in that any train can turn

> up any way around ?? I doubt that and suspect they work to a pattern

> that certain trains are always one way around and others opposite, but

> passengers perceive randomness through irregular travel ? Or certain

> trains are one way round say Mo/We/Fr and oppsite Tu/th/Sa , or

> something of that ilk ?

No, there's no regular pattern. If the diagrams worked like this then set swaps due to the occasional set failure, last minute problems on depot in the morning, late evening engineering works and so on would mess it up anyway.

Rob.


 
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