John Rowland wrote:
Paul Scott wrote:
"PhilD" wrote in message
oups.com...
solar penguin wrote:
They're NOT moving it. These will be additional DLR platforms for
the new DLR service to Stratford International (For Olympic
Stadium) or whatever it's called this week.

That's right. The service will be "as is", with the *addition* of a
Stratford - Canning Town - Beckton-or-King George
V-I-can't-remember-which service (the latter, I think).

PhiLD

Both - there will be a complex juntion south of Canning Town allowing
for the 4 possible routes.

Are they planning to run all four routes regularly? If so, it would be
better for passengers if the northbound tracks had their junction south of
the station, and the southbound tracks had their junction north of the
station. But that would require building new DLR platforms at approximately
the same height as the existing DLR platforms... and then the tracks
probably wouldn't fit beneath the road bridge to the north.

AFAIK the service pattern will see all four routes run at regular
intervals - 5tph Stratford Int'l to Beckton, 5tph Stratford Int'l to
Woolwich Arsenal, 10tph Woolwich Arsenal to Poplar (5tph onwards to
Lewisham via Canary Wharf, 5tph to Bank) and about 8tph Beckton to Tower
Gateway.

My understanding of the Dagenham Dock extension is that there would be
10tph (peak) Dagenham Dock to Stratford Int'l, although I'm not sure if
these would substitute for or be additional to the Beckton to Stratford
Int'l 5tph.

I think a "next train to..." indicator in the ticket hall will be much
cheaper than reconstructing the A13...


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Dave Arquati
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London