On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:16:22 +0000
"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote:
In message , d wrote:
Can you imagine any tube line being
closed for that many consecutive days now unless there had been a major
incident?
Yes. Some examples (not an exhaustive list):
2009: Stonebridge Park to Queen's Park for 10 days.
2011: High Street Kensington to Edgware Road for about a month.
2012: Newbury Park to Grange Hill for 8 days.
2014: Uxbridge to Rayners Lane for over 3 weeks.
2014: Bow Church to Stratford for 10 days.
2015: Walthamstow Central to Seven Sisters for 3 weeks.
And exactly how many of those had nothing to do with the line itself but
was due to other work going on?
Irrelevant. In this case the closure is because there is risk from the
So the answer is none then. As I suspected.
Crossrail works in the vicinity. So that is "to do with the line
itself".
No, its to do with maybe 20m of the line at most. With a bit of foresight
(yes I know, its TfL, thats a big ask), they would have installed reversing
points at strategic locations and this would be a non issue.
Though it does prove TfL and LU are ****ing useless at major works. On the
mainline for a long closure thats not safety related they do generally single
line running and do one track at a time.
Rubbish.
While SLW is sometimes used (Farnworth tunnel being a clear example),
often the entire line is closed. Look at all the works over the last few
Christmases and Easters.
Xmas workings are different. Try normal weekday workings when trains are
wrong lined to bypass works. Do TfL think its xmas? Is that why the ELL is
closed?
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Spud