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Colin Rosenstiel · December 6th 05, 11:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(TheOneKEA) wrote:

John Rowland wrote:
"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
This is in the latest Modern Railways and is tied
in with TfL being given the Silverlink Metro franchise
to manage by the DfT. If DfT agree I think you will
see a lot of interesting things emerging. The
envisaged eventual service pattern across
the WLL, NLL and GOBLIN is most intriguing.

What did they suggest, and where did the suggestion emerge from?

- 4tph Richmond to Stratford via NLL and Clapham Junction and 4tph
Clapham Junction to Stratford via WLL and NLL; 8tph between Kensal
Rise and Stratford
- removal of 9'6" freight from the NLL by upgrading alternate
routes
- OHLE on the GoBLin, allowing through electric freight services
from the LT&SR to the WCML
- 6tph Bakerloo service to Watford Junction

The resulting service pattern is hoped to be:

4tph Richmond to Stratford
4tph Clapham Junction to Stratford
2tph Queens Park to Stratford via Primrose Hill and Camden Road
2tph Clapham Junction to Barking
6tph Queens Park to Watford Junction

yielding 10tph between Willesden Junction and Stratford, with 2tph
turning left at Gospel Oak and 2tph merging from the right at
Camden Road. Throw in a reopened Primrose Hill NLR, a reopened
Tufnell Park NLR, a reopened York Way NLR, a _sensible_ re-zoning
in the Hampstead area and TfL London Rail would be sitting on a
high-capacity diversionary route that provides onward links between
the GWML, WCML and SW Reading lines and the MML, ECML, GEML and
Stratford City, without going through Zone 1.

My question though is how they're going to fit 10tph, some of it
longish electric through freight, on the Gospel Oak - Willesden
corridor? That section was never blessed with four-tracking...

(Info taken from "All change at Silverlink Metro", Modern Railways,
December 2005).

5000 extra lorries on the A14 past Cambridge. :-(((

5000 per what period of time?

I forget.

And why does that follow from the previous post?

Blocking the W10 gauge container train route from Felixstowe to the West
Midlands will case massive diversion to road onto the trunk road which
already has one of the highest proportions of lorries on one of the
busiest roads in the country.

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Colin Rosenstiel