On Jan 25, 9:10*am, 1506 wrote:
On Jan 24, 12:25*pm, "Paul Scott"
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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.

There are two main reasons it won't happen, IMHO. *Firstly, the NLL capacity
is only 8 tph in the peak, and 6 tph offpeak, to allow for the freight
traffic, so there is no room for additional trains from the ELL without
reducing the NLL service. *If paths were available, eastbound trains towards
the ELL would have to cross westbound passenger and freight trains trains
from the Stratford direction, this would not allow a robust timetable.

The freight loops are a problem. *If they could be moved elsewhere, it
should be possible for the ELL to utliize the southern pair to Camden
Road and Primrose hill. *Freight and the NLL would run on the northern
pair. *It would mean new signalling, a reinstated bridge, and new
platforms.

It would also need a piece of new bridge/viaduct (over Kentish Town
Road) at the western end of Camden Road, between the station and the
junction. Otherwise all the trains will still be sharing a short piece
of double track where the junction is.