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Train Operator
The person who drives and controls the operation of the train, including those working lines where ATO (Automatic Train Operation) is provided. Nowadays, London Underground has a requirement for abou [..]
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Suicide Pit
This meaning is NSWF/18+. Click here to show this meaning. Explanation and Photo.
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suicide pit
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Motor Alternator
A machine provided on trains, built before the 1990s on London Underground, to supply low voltage auxiliary systems like car lighting, battery charging and control circuits. It consists of a 630 vol [..]
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Tubeprune
The Tube Professionals' Rumour Network Tubeprune is an unofficial web site for professional railway people working for London Underground and for those interested in the London Underground railwa [..]
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A Stock
The original A Stock was built for the District in 1903 as the test for the electrification of the line and which were used on the Ealing and South Harrow line. The present A Stock is the standard ty [..]
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AFC
Automatic Fare Collection
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ALPS
The nickname given to the sidings at the north east corner of Ealing Common depot where the tracks are at a higher level than the rest of the depot.
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Approach Controlled Signal
a signal on London Underground which remains red, even if the route it protects is set and clear, until the train has occupied a track circuit close to the signal. This form of control is used to for [..]
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Arrestor
A device located in rear of buffer stops for absorbing a limited amount of the energy of a train which overruns the usual stopping point at a terminus or dead end. The maximum speed for a tube train [..]
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