"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , Richard J.
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If "stretch of line" includes multiple-tracked sections, then (as
previous posters on uk.railway have said) the approaches to London
Bridge or Waterloo are contenders, but can anyone quote tph figures for
the peaks there?

The lines through Clapham Junction, surely? Most of the Waterloo trains,
plus some for Victoria and a few for Willesdon Junction.

Look for the stopping ones he

http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk...ary.aspx?T=CLJ

[I think I counted 96 for the 21:00 hour - but it's a bit tricky...]

then add about 10tph for the non-stop and set-down only ones (I assume
the latter aren't shown)?

It's a matter of definition of what a "multiple track" section is. Clapham
Junction may indeed be the busiest railway station in Britain (if not the
world), but it is no less than four locations in the Timetable Data Base.
It is operated as four routes (Silverlink to Willesden [P2], the SWT Reading
route [P3-6], the SWT Main Line [P7-11] and the South Central Main Line
[P12-15]) and one actual junction (between the Kensington route [P16/17] and
the South Central slow lines). It is unusual for trains to be switched
between these routes except in emergency - just as well as otherwise we
would never be able to sort out the platforming for the departure posters
there!

So that impressive "sea of metal" you see looking east (12 running lines
plus connections and part of Clapham Yard) is effectively three multi-track
sections, for that is how it is normally operated.
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