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On Thu, 19 May 2016 04:18:44 -0500,
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In article ,
(Robin9) wrote:

I've always thought the train service through Leyton
Midland runs at fifteen minute intervals and never goes
further than Barking at one end and Gospel Oak at the
other. I normally use the service only at off-peak periods.
Yesterday I travelled in the rush hour and just missed a
westbound train. I assumed I would have to wait another
fifteen minutes.

Instead I found another train announced: the 08.08 to
Willesden Junction. Clearly this train runs beyond Gospel Oak.
The train was quite full so an additional train is financially
justified. I didn't know spare train sets were available for
extra duties in the peak periods.

I got off at Blackhorse Road. I would have liked to have
stayed on to see how the train negotiated the Gospel Oak

It's only in service from Woodgrange Park and it passes Gospel Oak without
stopping. The latter is obvious really because the GOBLIN platform is a bay
and the other platforms are not on that route. It does call at stations from
Hampstead Heath to Willesden Junction though.

How easy would it be to convert the bay, at Gospel Oak, into a thru
platform? When electrification is complete a thru service could be
useful.