London Banter - View Single Post - London Crossrail likely to work any better than Thameslink?

[email protected] · January 24th 15, 09:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

On 2015\01\24 14:13, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:02:31 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message

rg, at 12:45:24 on Sat, 24 Jan 2015, Recliner
remarked:
given that Crossrail will run thru three different signalling
systems, integrate into the timetables of two franchises, and mix
with local and freight traffic, one can see it will present an
operating challenge.

Three franchises if you count HEx.

True, though the only tracks they'll share are in Heathrow itself, as
Crossrail will use the GW relief lines and HEx is on the mains.

My impression was that they wouldn't be doing much (if any) track
sharing with Greater Anglia between Stratford and Shenfield.

There will still be some in the peaks as Crossrail will still run some
trains into Liverpool St rather than in to the tunnels post 2019.

Will they not be sharing with South Eastern in the Abbey Wood area?

Parallel but separate tracks, surely?

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Colin Rosenstiel