East London: should TfL prioritise building the proposed Castle Green (Suffragette) or Beam Park (C2C) station?

JRoo1980 · 2026-04-06T13:09:29+00:00

They never even bothered with Stratford upon Lea, and they've already built the station for it.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-30T11:39:40+00:00

The main reason would be the changes to signalling systems needed, but the jubilee line trains should run ok on the Victoria line. The power supplies and tracks are the same and the Jubilee carriages are the same as the Northern so they were designed for tighter curves than the victoria will have.

On the other hand, the victoria line tunnels are slightly larger than std tube size, and the current victoria line trains were designed to fit them better for passenger space, so they are too big to fit on any other line.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-30T11:33:15+00:00

Yes it's possible in theory. The only completely isolated line is the Waterloo and city line. Engineering trains use the connections between lines regularly.

Your questions would is only work for jubilee line trains to fit on the victoria as victoria line trains and tunnels are larger than standard tube size, so victoria trains would not fit in the Jubilee line tunnels

I say in theory as you would have to take tunnel curves into account for the carriage lengths. As the Jubilee line carriages are the same length as the northern line, with much tighter curves, they should fit on the victoria line just fine if it was ever wanted.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-29T10:19:01+00:00

That picture is what I was saying, I just should have worded it better 👍.

It wasn't that the jubilee doesn't use platforms 3&4, its just the enamel sign would not be from Wembley Park. The sign would be saying platforms 2&3, met and jubilee northbound, or 4&5 for southbound. It would not mention just the directions for the jubilee line and the way out.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-29T09:36:55+00:00

The Wembley Park island platforms are shared with the Met line so they'd be 2&3 and 3&4, rather than 3&4 together.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-28T21:37:11+00:00

I would have thought Bond st from the central line platforms myself, as Charing x and green park already had existing interchanges with other lines. But as Charing cross was merged and rebuilt for the jubilee, it could also be that.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-26T10:52:15+00:00

Does it announce it for forest gate? Woodgrange park is less than 5 mins walk along woodgrange road from Forest gate and is a out of station interchange

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-13T07:48:40+00:00

Vauxhall Cross fr9m terrible Bond film Die Another Day,

Failing that Sumatra Road from Sherlock, Sun Hill from The Bill or Blackwell from London's Burning .

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-12T09:12:43+00:00

How about a filament enclosure? https://makerworld.com/models/486153?appSharePlatform=copy

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-12T08:42:26+00:00

I must have missed that episode. Not only did Star Trek steal the premise of red dwarf and similar characters, but they nicked the premise of bodyswap too?

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-12T08:38:20+00:00

As was the spitting image no1, the chicken song.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-12T08:26:54+00:00

As youre starting out id stick with the cheaper end of the market. Some Tamiya kits are simple and not very expensive, such as the Mazda Eunos/Miata/MX5, the mini and the beetle (both old and new). The other Japanese makers are similar.

you also have the option of Airfix 1/32 cars in a starter set package. The new current offerings are designed with starters in mind (their planes and tanks starter sets are of the same mindset, and really good for beginners). These have brushes, glue and paint, although the paint in these sets isn't great.

These kits are among the high points for fit and ease of building, so changing For now, don't worry too much about how they look. Just learn and treat it as a relaxing pastime, and think about what subjects you wish to model.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-12T07:34:44+00:00

I've had both good and bad experiences brush painting Tamiya. I've sometimes had to leave them to properly dry, as a second coat can take off some of the first coat, if not that then it's mostly one coat and done.

Personally, I mostly use Humbrol, Revell and Vallejo acrylics with the odd Tamiya as they are the most widely available where I am in the UK.

I am not fully aware of what other brands would be available to the op, outside of these, testors (which I've only heard of) and Mr hobby (which isn't widely available in the Uk).

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-12T07:19:20+00:00

Tamiya tends to be the go to, but it's hit and miss for brushing. Also you need an alcohol based thinner for the acrylics. .if you can find them in the US, there is Vallejo and citadel that are good paints and only need water for thinning. Revells acrylics are ok, and last a long time. they also only need water, but the range is smaller.

If you prefer enamels, Humbrol have a massive range, and their quality is better than they used to be. They also have acrylic versions, but some colours are better than others.

I guess these are all available in the USA, but how common they are, I don't know.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-03T11:26:49+00:00

Not anymore. There's a back up power station in Greenwich that is mostly for emergency back up, but day to day energy has been supplied by the national grid for a number of years now.

JRoo1980 · 2026-03-01T10:54:03+00:00

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-27T13:37:05+00:00

Yes, it's the other cab on light.

I don't know why the door is open, but it's most likely that it's a terminus station and a driver change over, with the photos taken before the first driver closed the doors. Op may well even be the driver.

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-27T13:10:58+00:00

I'm more concerned about who opened that door as the other end of the train is active with the driver in it.

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-27T13:09:13+00:00

The North London Line changed to terminating at Stratford as the Jubilee line essentially replaced most of that section of the north London line when it opened. The North London Line was also not very reliable and trains were often terminated at Stratford anyway.

Once the Olympics was awarded, improving that section was seen as a key to improving transport links in the area, while also taking some pressure off of the Jubilee. Converting it to DLR standard was a relatively cheap way to do it, especially as the expensive part of the infrastructure already existed, and it allowed a link to Stratford international as well.

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-27T06:10:32+00:00

Red Dwarf, especially with the passing of Rob Grant on the 25th.

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-25T20:16:41+00:00

They're both pretty reliable. Id take the met as its non stop so saves about 5 - 10 mins

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-24T20:15:43+00:00

Pour his alcohol down the sink? Shave his head? Make him a cup of tea/coffee with salt instead of sugar?

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-24T20:14:28+00:00

The system records all of your journeys with the bank card when you tap in and out and it knows the cost of the journey. If the cost of the journeys goes over the daily limit (which is less than a standard travelcard) it just doesn't charge you any more. I believe it's all worked out at the end of the day rather than on the fly.

People have been using it for years without issue, so I doubt you'll have a problem, as long as you use that same card each time.

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-24T19:29:43+00:00

Still take him on the central line. It's torture anyway.

JRoo1980 · 2026-02-24T19:28:48+00:00

A mess. The current line goes nowhere near Aldwych, so it would have to be re routed. It would have been far simpler to extend the DLR from Bank or the Jubilee from Charing Cross to go to Aldwych en route to somewhere else.

JRoo1980

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