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[email protected] · March 20th 14, 07:24 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:17:45 -0500, wrote:

Won't GOBLIN be using 5-car class 378 sets like the rest of the
Overground?

Very unlikely. I have never seen TfL suggest that 5 car trains would
be ordered. I have heard Sir Peter Hendy say 3 car or 4 car but, of
late, the message has been 4 cars. As Recliner says this would be a
joint order for Greater Anglia devolved routes.

AFAIK there are two problem locations in terms of long platforms - the
bay at Gospel Oak and South Tottenham because of the point layout and
proximity of a road bridge. Altering Gospel Oak could be very
expensive indeed and South Tottenham is unlikely to be cheap
(depending on the solution). Clearly the rest of the line has had
much longer platforms in the past and many could be brought back in to
use with relative ease. Haringay Green Lanes and Blackhorse Road would
need extensions. Not sure about the Barking bay platform.

Whether the "announcement" re Barking Riverside shifts TfL's thinking
I couldn't say. Clearly 4 car trains are not really the answer for
serving a huge housing development but TfL can build in expansion
capability on day one provided the Treasury agree. Better to have two
long terminating platforms at Barking Riverside rather than one short
one for example! Oh and a dual track formation rather than a single
track! You can imagine the debate that could go on.

I didn't think Gospel Oak was so short but in any case the 378s would be a
doddle with SDO because of the wide gangways making access along the train
so easy. I assume the class 315 replacement trains would be similar to the
378s, whatever their length.

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Colin Rosenstiel