On 16 Feb, 16:42, wrote:

On Feb 13, 4:04*pm, Mr Thant
wrote:

On 13 Feb, 15:41, "Paul Scott" wrote:

Another point that isn't clear, is what happens when the extra 4 tph from
Clapham Junction via the SLL, and the extra 2 tph peak only trains to/from
Crystal Palace enter the mix. *AFAICT that could mean up to 14 tph extended
to H&I, as there only ever seems to be New Cross - Dalston Junction
terminators mentioned...

It's been stated that the West Croydons will terminate at Dalston
Junction with New Crosses and Crystal Palaces running through. I don't
know how the peak extras or the phase 2 trains fit into this.

U

Please forgive me for asking a couple of dumb questions, but I can
easily see that I do not know this subject matter nearly as well as
the rest of you:

1) *Has anybody heard anything on a North Battersea station for the
ELLX? *If so, where would be the proposed location? *At the end of
Culvert Road where it deadends into the train tracks (actually, there
is then an automobile tunnel under the first set of tracks, and then a
foot path over the second set of tracks. *Is that anybody has proposed
it?

A North Battersea/ Battersea High Street station is not seriously on
the agenda whatsoever.

One did exist between 1863 - 1940, see:
http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/...ndon_Line.html


2) *At Clapham Junction, is the platform entirely already there? *Or
would there have to be some construction work?

Platform 1 has to be reinstated - this will require work to the deck
it sits on. Platform 1 is the other side of the island platform from
platform 2 (obvious I suppose!), which is the platform currently used
by the LO/ WLL trains today. There were some rumours that cost cutting
meant they were going to try and both the whole ELLX and WLL services
from a single platform (p2) but this would be insane, asking for
trouble and essentially unworkable - the scheme needs p1 to be
reinstated.


3) *I've been reading about this proposed "once-weekly" train from
Ealing Broadway to Wandsworth - the first question that comes to my
untrained mind is, "What in the world good is a once-weekly train
service???"

A long story! Basically it would exist to fulfil legal obligations,
nothing more, just like the rail replacement bus supposedly currently
does (though it's arguably legally dubious).


4) *And I guess from Mr Thant's post, that nobody knows of the Phase 2
trains from Clapham Junction will deadend at Surrey Quays or keep on
going - surely they have this all figured out by now??? (years ago???)

No - the ELLX trains from Clapham Jn would continue at least as far as
Dalston Junction, possibly on to Highbury & Islington. No trains would
terminate at Surrey Quays.