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[email protected] · May 22nd 16, 11:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Charles Ellson) wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 14:17:14 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\05\22 12:34, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 22/05/2016 11:46, e27002 aurora wrote:

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.

There's physically space to convert it to a *through* platform. The
pointwork to the west may need altering to allow east bound trains to
access the platform.

Just the one through platform for both directions? (Yes, I know Ware
Station is like that.)

Are there paths for the full Goblin service to extend westward? Is
there need for that many trains westward? Although it would be "neat"
if the full Goblin service went to Clapham Junction and the full
Stratford service went to Richmond.

One minor point, but the new GOBLIN trains will be four-car Aventras,
rather than the five-car 378s used on the NLL. Wasting a scarce NLL path
on a four-car unit wouldn't go down well.

They "waste" a path on a 2 or 4 coach DMU to Willesden Junction every
weekday morning; I suspect the passengers see it as a relief rather
than a nuisance.

It is one train (presumably fitted between freight paths) rather than a
regular service which would be quite a different timetabling challenge.

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Colin Rosenstiel