On Oct 4, 11:19 am, Mr Thant
wrote:
On Oct 4, 9:26 am, Boltar wrote:

This would be for trains dedicated to the new crossrail tunnel route
just like the shuttle trains at the channel tunnel. All they'd need to
do is have a depot at one end and a turnaround at the other. Normal UK
trains could also use the tunnel too of course for through journeys.

Seems like a good idea, but you need most of the trains to continue
beyond Stratford and Custom House, and those would need to be single
deckers. Realistically, that means you could only run at most a third
of the trains as double deckers, and that's only by limiting the
service to Abbey Wood to 4 tph. It looks like a non-starter to me.

I don't see why (though I've not seen any proposed timetable). Are
they planning a near tube frequency service or will it be a national
rail once every 10 or 15 minute jobbie? If its the latter I suspect
its usefulness in moving local traffic would be somewhat negated
(who's going to wait potentially 15 minutes for a train if they can
get on a tube train in 3?)

B2003