Service Snapshots

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So, having looked at where the depots are and what they do, where the crews report and where the trains are controlled from, what service should all this combine to offer?

All the facts and figures are taken from our current Working Time Table - WTT132 - which came into effect on the 8 January 2005 and remains valid at the time I compile this.

I'll start with probably the simplest of details - how many trains should there be in service at given times of the day on given days of the week.


	Scheduled Trains in Service 'Snapshot'

	0600	0900	1200	1500	1800	2100	2400
Mon - Fri	43	77	61	61	77	64	50
Saturday	41	61	61	61	61	61	50
Sunday	-	58	58	58	58	58	-

So far so good - that's the number of trains that make up the service at certain times of the day, but to achieve that, they've got to be brought into service. I've previously outlined the functions of the depots and mentioned the other stabling points - the following is from where the trains are provided each day.

Maximum Stock Required for Passenger Service

Depot	Mon - Fri		Saturdays		Sundays
	No of Trains	No of Cars	No of Trains	No of Cars	No of Trains	No of Cars
Upminster	29	174	22*	132	21	126
Ealing Common	31	186	24*	144	22	132
Richmond	1	6	1	6	1	6
Barking	1	6	1	6	1	6
Parsons Green Sidings	5 + 3C	30 + 18C	5 + 3C	30 + 18C	5 + 3C	30 + 18C
Triangle Sidings	3C@	18C@	3C@	18C@	5C	30C
Hammersmith	4C	24C	2C	12C	-	-
TOTAL	67 + 10C	402 + 60C	53 + 8C	318 + 48C	50 + 8C	300 + 48C

Notes to table

C Denotes 'C' stock Trains - all other trains composed of 6 cars 'D' stock
* Does not include spare trains
@ Plus 2 'C' stock (12 cars) for Hammersmith & City Line service.

So, that summarises the number of trains in service and who provides what to achieve that.

I include too the Numbering of Trains as currently provided by WTT130. This is a question that often seems to be raised, so I'm glad to be able to give the definitive picture as it stands at the present time


	Numbering of Trains

1 - 24	Upminster - Richmond
26 - 51	Upminster - Wimbledon (SuX)
26 - 46	Barking - Wimbledon (SuO)
53 - 65	Tower Hill - Ealing Broadway
70 - 77	Edgware Road - Wimbledon
101 - 107	Upminster Depot Interpeak Stablers
110	Richmond overnight stabler
111 and 112	Upminster Depot spare trains (Saturdays only)
121 - 127	Ealing Common Depot Interpeak Stablers
141 and 142	Ealing Common Depot spare trains (Saturdays only)
151 and 152	High Street Kensington - Kensington (Olympia)
161 and 162	Hammersmith Depot midday stablers

Trains numbered 70 - 77, 161 and 162 are composed of 6 Cars of C stock. The composition of all other trains is 6 cars D stock.

There is also an allocation of empty stock transfer paths as follows.


	Empty Stock Transfer Paths

750	Ealing Common depot to Upminster Depot
751	Upminster Depot to Ealing Common Depot
752	Upminster Depot to Barking Sidings and return (Mondays to Fridays)
753	Ealing Common Depot to Ruislip Siding and return (Mondays to Fridays)
754	Ealing Common Depot to Neasden Depot
755	Neasden Depot to Ealing Common Depot

So, that's covered the number of trains in service, where they are provided from and the numbering of the trains.

I think the final relevant statistic is the distances the schedule provides that the service provided will travel each day.


	Scheduled Passenger Kilometres

Mondays to Fridays	29,887 km per day
Saturdays	26,832 km
Sundays	22,204 km


	I hope that all presents an idea of the service that the line provides, and that those statistics give an indication of how the service comes together to put the appropriate trains on the railway.