"Andrew" wrote in message
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Mwmbwls wrote:
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3001


As the closure of Waterloo International has been foreseen for at
least three/four years why is there now a year's delay in redeploying
the assets?


On an infrastructure level any remodeling of the Waterloo throat would
obviously have to wait until the Eurostar services finished. A project of
that scale would take a substantial amount of time - Waverley's taken a
year and it's a far smaller station.

A.
If they are going to put SWT main-line services into the former
International platforms they will have to cross the busy Windsor-line tracks
so presumably an expensive fly-over or fly-under will have to be built. The
present means of SWT main-line to reach this side of the station at
Waterloo is via the East Putney and Point Pleasant Junction. I.E. Trains
would have to leave the main-line at Wimbledon for the District Line as far
as East Putney then branch here to Point Pleasant Junction, a slow route and
uncacceptable time penalty

A far better solution for the International Platforms would be for South
Eastern main line trains which at present have to negotiate the congested
Borough Market tracks to reach Charing Cross. The Infrastructure to divert
these is all in place curtesy of Eurostar, and use paths vacated by the
Eurostar trains
Charing Cross route would be downgraded and less congested as only used by
suburban trains. For the die-hards who want to go to London Bridge or
Charing Cross then they could transfer to Waterloo East.