London Banter - View Single Post - 5 car Overground trains to Watford Junction

[email protected] · January 14th 15, 10:13 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , d
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:47:55 -0600
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In article ,
d () wrote:

On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:40:34 -0600
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Well it makes more sense than thousands of people spilling out at
finsbury, shuffling onto the victoria line - which is already
seriously overcrowded there in the rush hour - for one stop then
getting off at highbury when there is an underused freight line -
albeit single track - onto the NLL that could have been used for
passenger trains.

It was singled to get it electrified through the tunnel which would
otherwise have been problematic. It's not really an answer here
because it would mean a flat crossing of the North London line.

So? Its not the M25. I've waited at H&I and not seen a train go past
on the NLL for 10 minutes.

ITYF that capacity is already constrained on the NLL, mainly unsatisfied
freight paths.

"Constrained" obviously has a different meaning in railway parlance then.
Even a couple of trains an hour to finsbury would be better than
nothing.

Constrained in the sense that TfL and the Mayor would like to run a more
frequent North London Line service but isn't being allowed to do so because
of lack of capacity, allowing for the freight paths. The recently changed
layout introduces what are in effect freight loops at Caledonian Road &
Barnsbury but the Canonbury curve is to the east of them.

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Colin Rosenstiel