"BH Williams" wrote in message
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"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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Will the Eurostar connection from St. Pancras employ only overhead wire
as well as the French signalling system for high-speed trains, the
start of which you currently find around Ashford International?

Yes, it does. Currently, both TVM signalling and OCS start just east of
Fawkham Junction, somewhat to the north of Ashford.
Brian

Also - doesn't the TVM & OCS start at the London Tunnel portal at Kings
Cross, so that theoretically any UK train can use St Pancras station
throat and any platform? IIRC the last few km of signalling is more
traditional at the Paris end too?

Paul

Access to the northern end of HS1 is fairly limited, that to and from the
WCML being by the NLL, which presents pathing problems, from the MML being
by a single route from the Down Slow, and that from the ECML also being
single track. All these routes are provided with OCS.

I wasn't really thinking about routine use, but say MML needing temporary
use of a Eurostar platform (notwithstanding access for passengers of
course).

Which reminds me, in the more general sense, what plans might there be for
MML capacity improvement in the medium term. An architecturally completely
different extra pair of platforms above Midland Rd perhaps? IIRC previous
discussions have shown that the 4 platformterminus reflects quite an
outdated version of passenger usage on the MML...