What happens once the tube train reaches the end of the line?

Question

For example on the Central line, where does it start and finish? And what does it do once it has reached the last stop?

Answer 1

West Ruislip, Ealing Broadway, White City, Liverpool Street, Hainault, Woodford and Epping are the normal reversing points at which - on arrival, the driver does the "closing this cab" procedure then walks to the other end of the train, does the "Openiong this cab" procedure and is ready for the 'off'' to the next destination according to his work roster.

After the morning and evening peaks and at close of traffic (at night) the driver drives the train into a depot or siding - and on the Central these depots are West Ruislip, White City, Hainault and the sidings are NORMALLY at Woodford or Loughton - but there are several other places where trains can be "stabled" if necessary.

Answer 2

It stops at the platform and then reverses and if necessary crosses over on to the correct line for the return journey. Alternatively it continues forward to a crossover and reverses back to the station on the other track. In some cases, and the Andrassy Avenue line in Budapest is just one example, it continues in the same direction around a return loop back to the other platform.

On one tragic occasion in 1975, a train ran through the platform without slowing at London's Moorgate Station. It still stopped of course when it hit the 'blind' end of the tunnel, but very violently, and 43 people died, some by suffocation in the seriously compacted leading carriage. This was London's worst peacetime single tube train accident.

Answer 3

At the last stop, the driver walks down the train & closes the doors carriage by carriage to ensure no ones still on. Then either the train carries on to a siding/depot or it may open its doors ready to go back the other way. The driver simply gets in the other end. They may cross over to another platform first.

Answer 4

Tube trains are what are commonly known as electric multiple units (EMU's) , usually worked as fixed formations. These trains are equipped with a driving cab at each end, so that the driver can leave his cab at the end of a trip, and make the return trip by driving the train from the other cab.

Answer 5

Central Line final termini are

West Ruislip OR Ealing Broadway at the western end

Epping OR Hainault at the eastern end

Intermediate termini are White City and North Acton in the west or Loughton in the east

Answer 6

Well in the movie 'Speed' (1994) it derails crashing into a dead end and eventually stops on Hollywood Boulevard. :))

Answer 7

It stops.

driver walks to the other end of the train and drives it backwards (frontwards) from the other side of the train

(trains can run both ways)

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_line

Answer 9

It explodes n teleports into a parallel dimension.