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[email protected] · May 16th 12, 09:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 16/05/2012 16:28, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
In message , Paul Corfield
writes
On Wed, 16 May 2012 09:30:33 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

On Wed, 16 May 2012 08:29:12 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
Just wondered what the space in the middle will be used for since the
platforms have been renumbered.

I believe it will be used to provide an escalator link down to
Crossrail as well as provide a much larger circulation area for
passengers.

Are trains terminating at whitechapel history now? If so isn't that
going to
cause problems on the district when there are issues further up the
line?

Yes, no terminators at Whitechapel. The new turnback sidings are at
West Ham.

I believe there are also plans to take out the bay platform at Mansion
House as part of the SSL resignalling project.

There are new reversing crossovers at the east and west ends of the
platforms. One has to do a 'main line shunt' now and as this causes
delays to the following trains is only used in degraded conditions.

I saw markers on the eastbound track between Stepney Green and
Whitechapel, actually. One marker had C/R written on it, while the other
had D/R.

Is that why they installed semi-automatic signals in the area, then?