Talk:Whitechapel station

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 * In the Crossrail article the same image is listed as Public Domain (consists of only symbols and text. Is  therefore more appropriate?  johnmark†(talk to me) 20:47, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There is no such template. Also, did you realise that this notification is from over eight years ago? -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:54, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Station code
The code HAS bizarrely changed to ZLW. A quick check on the National Rail Enquiries site confirms this tractakid (talk) 22:51, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Then how come the links with ZLW (Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses) all fail, whereas three of those with ZWL (Departures; Layout; Facilities) still work? Curiously, the Buses link doesn't work for ZWL. -- Red rose64 (talk) 23:46, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The site is contradicting itself! I'm sure you have seen that searching for ZLW brings up Whitechapel. I have taken to Twitter to get an answer! haha. tractakid (talk) 00:23, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

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Reversion of edit removing Hammersmith & City Line service terminating at Whitechapel
The Hammersmith & City Line article states that the services terminated at Whitechapel "terminating at Whitechapel while the longer 8-car Uxbridge (Metrolpolitan line) trains ran to Barking.

In my time (yes I know it's personal research but I'm sure it can be supported by old timetables etc) the majority of H&C Line trains terminated and reversed at Whitechapel and only a few extended further (mainly in the rush hour) to Barking. At that time there were four platforms which were reduced (and the service changed) in preparation for Cross Rail.  johnmark†(talk to me) 20:34, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There have been lots of service changes on the Metropolitan, H&C, Circle and District lines over the last 150 years. Various stations have been used as termini at various times; for instance, the H&C services have terminated at Farringdon, Moorgate, Liverpool Street, Aldgate, and some others - we don't detail them all. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:51, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Reference to train stock
"..that could accept either 6-car C or D stock trains" - would it be correct to assume that this refers to London Underground C69 and C77 Stock and London Underground D78 Stock? Harfarhs (talk) 22:54, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Probably; the original C and D stocks hardly ever ran as complete trains of that type of stock, but almost always ran as part of trains composed of a mixture of other types, primarily B stock.
 * The A stock had been built as two 7-car trains, each with three motors and four trailers. The B stock had been built with sufficient cars (192 motors and 228 trailers) to form 60 more 7-car trains: 48 of these had the same 3:4 motor/trailer ratio as the A stock, but 12 trains had four motors and three trailers. The C (32 motors, 20 trailers), D (22 motors, 8 trailers) and E (26 motors, 4 trailers) stocks changed the proportions sufficiently to form 78 trains in total: only 34 now had the 3:4 ratio, whereas 44 trains could be formed with the 4:3 ratio. Trains formed only of C and/or D stock could have been run, but the high proportion of motor cars meant that some of these needed B stock trailers in order to form trains that were not overpowered. -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)