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Nope, Hannover in Germany, although I do know of Charleroi's Waterloo station!

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Actually that was at Green Park.

It's the same on pretty much every train: people always seem to cram on whichever carriage is closest to the platform entrance. That's why I always tend to walk down the platform to where I expect the train to be quieter.

Then you want the platform screen doors in the St Petersburg metro. Those are brutal.

Good Idea

It seemed she accepted that she wasn’t gonna get on with her friends, but then one of them tried to stop the doors with her arm

Victoria station is planned for upgrades.

Not AI, they have been working on reducing headways for decades.

ATO isn't really AI is it. There's no learning going on. All that's happening is rigidly following a set of preprogrammed instructions, just as computer systems have done for decades.

AI isn't safe enough for rail, rather it is all logic based, some is soild state interlocking and others is relay, also even computers can have a certain categories of SPADs such as Category B and C SPADs.

@@JfromUK_ Very reliable, rare to see delays (although the one rime I Have seen it delayed I nearly missed my coach)!

@@no-damn-alias 😂 that would be very entertaining in rush hour!

Legally they can't, because if they did then you increase risks of trap and drags by the trains which can cause a lot of injuries and the RAIB has a good few reports on it.

Those doors killed more Muscovites than Stalin.

@@arnauab25_03 Yup, it was delayed due to the overcrowding, theoretically they should be every 90 seconds. However, it is impressive to see how close together the trains can get!

@@imsbvs That probably is true for someone who doesn't live in London as they don't expect it to be so frequent!

the L also

Ah, I'd love to go to New York to ride the subway one day! The A seems quite interesting out towards Far Rockaway! 😉

@LenH_Transport Some would say a little *too* interesting, My suggestion if you ever do, is to ride the, well, 7 outside of Manhattan. It runs elevated that portion and you get to see the neighborhoods all around. Quite a coincidence that the line with the highest frequencies has some of the best views in the system.

What about it?

No it's 💩 There is no platform edge doors

@@matpk okay lol 😂

You guys have it great coming from the CTA Chicago's elevated trains sometimes come 20 minutes after each other.

@@matpk Just like almost all metro systems in the world?

It's by far the best system in the world.

Another reason is that the Victoria Line is a very uncomplicated line. It doesn't split up into different destinations or have stubs running off it - just one continuous line of stations....that's it! Plus it doesn't have that many stations, meaning that the gaps between those outside zones 1 and 2 are quite big. I think only the Met Line has gaps between outer stations that are as big as those on the Victoria Line.

The Victoria line doesn’t use a moving block system.

Victoria line uses Siemens Distance to go signalling which is a fixed block signalling system and DLR uses Thales Seltrac Moving block signalling system.

​@@lanzji1345 Ah, I just counted from when the train started leaving the platform and the other arrived into the station

@@LenH_Transport Ah, that's, let's say, a laymans vision 🤭 As I'm in the field, for me, the start-to-stop time (usually called reoccupation time) is much more important, as together with the stop-to-start time (usually called dwell time) gives the minimum interval between trains.

And if they waited for the next train they would be able to sit

I agree

There are way too many brainless subhumans around these days, their brains have been eaten away by Smart-Phones and Social-Media, a trend I noticed 15 years ago; common-sense is rare these days.

And what about that brainless subhuman woman who walked slowly towards the waiting train as a result someone had to keep the doors open for the idiot. Over the last 15 years I have developed EXTREME hatred for humans.

​@@spych102or at least had breathing room. Those last 2 women just outright jammed their way in.

@@tom201090 It normally tends to be delays at stations where everybody tries to cram themselves onboard at once!

The times on those boards are typical journey times from where the train is at. So, say when it's in the platform at Oxford Circus the system knows it is about a minute away from Green Park. If someone holds the doors on the train in front, or on the train itself, then the train stops, so your 1 minute becomes longer. The display doesn't change until the train reaches the next measuring point and shows stand back, train approaching'. It it has already gone past that point and the platform is not yet clear the train will stop and the display will still show the train as approaching and being 1 minute away. It's a crude system based on known journey time, rather than real time. It takes no account of delays or trains running slower, other than to display the last known remaining time for as long as it takes for the train to get to the next measurement point.

There is no option for less than 2 minutes other than, well, 1 minute. So, 1 minute 45 seconds will be labelled as 1 minute.

Post-Soviet Metro Systems are interesting with frequencies as most don't have next train information, but you're usually waiting less than 5 minutes so no need I guess lol.

What took it so long?

@@willy.william4582 They tend to have last train information, so you can see by how long you missed the last train by.

i didnt even know its possible for it to be less then 75 seconds

Yeah, it can get pretty extreme at times. I once saw 3 trams in my city pass in the span of 20 seconds, looking more like one *very* long tram

The dumbest person I have ever seen was someone on the Victoria Line holding the door open with his foot gesturing to his friend (who wasn't even on the platform) to hurry up. The driver was tooting his whistle. Eventually the passenger gave up.

I'd say in Berlin it's just as bad.

@@andreasmay-wachowius4645 I can imagine that, actually. I heard it's different in Munich though, like they actually try to enforce some subway-flavored law & order there

​@@andreasmay-wachowius4645 I was once on the U2 and at one of the stations the driver opened the doors whilst the train was still rolling. It rolled slowly the entire time before closing its doors and accelerating out!

It's the same on Paris driverless lines... The frequency is set at 85 and 90 seconds, which means only a handful of seconds between train movements, sometimes one entering the station while the previous hasn't even cleared the platform.. And yet, people still try to cram themselves through the closing doors, despite knowing that the autopilot has no feelings and won't wait for them. Also, train doors plus platform screen doors slamming shut on you can be quite painful. They have to wait longer for the elevator in their home building and at their work, but can't wait a few seconds for the next train... it's mind-boggling. The people doing this slow the whole line, create delays, and disrupt intervals. At some point, they started putting back station attendants, like the Tokyo-style "pushers" they have in the main RER stations at rush hours, in busy stations of high-frequency driverless lines. Now they have reduced dwell times, so as to "pad" the schedule and avoid delays.

Ah, I honestly don't mind about views, but thank you for the advice :) Thank you for watching!

bad idea, then you cannot see the time between trains.

Frequent but not as good as the victoria line. Other lines are around 2-3 miutes frequency

@@myiqis1000 In rush hour, on other lines, the trains do bunch up like the Victoria but as the signalling is more modern the trains can be closer together. The Victoria line is also scheduled to have a train every 90 seconds (36tph) in rush hour which is absolutely crazy!

@@LenH_Transport cool

@@LenH_Transport might be wrong but i thought it was just 0830 to 0930 in the morning when it's 36tph, and other times it is less

@@thisis_mudchute It may well be, I'm not too educated on the timetable!

It is certainly up there!

Unfortunately the ventilation issues brings it down

​@@NooticusThat is because it was designed for a lower frequency of 24tph off peak and 27-33tph in the peak.

Ah, it's alright, I'm personally a fan of the hustle and bustle but I know it's definitely not for everyone, and researching the loudest parts of the underground beforehand is always the best strategy in my opinion as you know where to avoid it! Although I personally don't mind the noise, there are some parts where you can shout and can't hear yourself it's that loud!

Hey man, I feel you. I suffer with anxiety too, but I try to combat this by frequently going on the underground, sometimes even in rush hour. As long as I don't have to talk to anyone or make eye contact with anyone, I'm usually fine but I totally understand being around crowds is extremely uncomfortable and even claustrophobic.

Yup!

​@@LenH_Transport nice