On Mar 14, 2:07*pm, wrote:
On Mar 14, 1:42*pm, wrote:

"Jack Taylor" wrote in message

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wrote:

They might well put up platform protection for staff working on the
station - but I would imagine that the normal 5mph limit through the
station will apply. Allowing trains to pass through faster would cause
chaos with the timetables, not som much on the central section where all
trains are doing the same but on the branches where other services
interface.

I did not think that there was much interface with service on other
branches, really. Can you give some examples, out of curiosity?

Hammersmith and City from Aldgate East, Piccadilly Line at Acton Town
- Ealing Common (and from Hammersmith occasionally), North London Line
Gunnersbury - Richmond, ECS South West Trains Wimbledon - Putney. I
think that the killer spot would be Aldgate East, arriving early there
would cause the most problems.

I find it hard to believe that the timing of the service is all that
precise in practice. My impression is that they always wait around
anyway, at Aldgate East, Earls Court and just about anywhere.

More likely, it would add a tiny bit of recovery potential to the line
if they could run through at greater speed.