"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
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Paul Scott wrote:

Also the track & platform layout is a mess - it's not possible to have a
through service switching between lines that stops at Gospel Oak.

Expect if through services off Goblin towards WJ ever happen (and it is
in one of the proposals), the bay will be closed and at least one
platform moved onto the westbound through line, possibly platforms on
both lines...

Is it viable to make the through NLL platforms the reversing point for
GOBLIN trains? Whilst I can see a through service happening, I'd be
sceptical if it were for all services.

And do the track connections actually allow the GOBLIN to switch to the
NLL east of the platforms? My recollection is that they don't physically
connect at all on that side.

Don't forget the NLL platforms are curving round to the south as the NLL
leaves Gospel Oak eastbound, there woul be significant new track &
embankment works to get over from the Goblin and line up with the NLL with a
reasonable curve. It would also add two more unnecessary flat junctions in
the area, which is a bit of a negative when trying to increase passenger
frequencies while allowing for existing freight. Two new platforms is
probably the easiest solution really, and Google Earth seems to show bags of
room for them...

Paul