Paul Corfield wrote on 24 January 2011 21:58:06 ...
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:55:33 -0800 (PST),
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On Jan 24, 8:25 pm, "Paul
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Did I hear at some point, however, that they may eventually extend ELL out
to Canden town?

Don't think it has ever been proposed officially. The track layout is not
designed to allow for extending the ELL west of Highbury& Islington anyway.
Between there and Camden Rd it is laid out as a two track railway in the
centre of the formation with long passing loops for freight on the outside.
Before the works were slightly reduced, there was a plan for a third
platform at Camden Rd, but this was to allow a Stratford - Camden Rd shuttle
to run.


Hasn't this extra platform at Camden Road just been postponed. DfT and
TfL were fighting over who was going to pay for the bridge
refurbishment work needed on the northern side of the formation at
Camden Road. So the extension of the four tracks beyond the station
won't now happen until after the Olympics (of course there may have
been another change of plans which I missed).

The bridge refurbishment and reinstatement of tracks was a freight only
scheme that was "delayed" until after 2012. However there has been a
deathly hush for many months and I'd not be surprised if it has been
gently pushed off the DfT / Network Rail shopping list. I've not read
or heard anything about it anywhere for a long, long time.

I understand (from other forums) that the shuttle service is no more and
what LOROL will do in the peaks is run 4 tph Stratford - Clapham
Junction rather than the planned 2 tph. There is no fleet impact [1]
plus there is a better service Camden Road - Willesden Junction.

[1] I was sad enough to do some calculations.

But that would mean 8 tph between Camden Road and Willesden Junction. I
thought the reason why it was limited to 6 tph was in order to allow for
freight paths. Otherwise, why plan for two shuttle services
(Strat-Camden and WJ-CJ) with all the operational complexity?
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Richard J.
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