"Paul Scott" wrote in message

Recliner wrote:
"Tom Barry" wrote in message


You could possibly have a pair of reversing sidings usable by trains
terminating eastbound at Farringdon or westbound at Barbican, which
might give useful delay/perturbation recovery options. Put them
between the main running lines and there would be no conflictions.

The problem would be that it's basically all tunnel along there, so
it might be hard/expensive to slew the Inner Rail into the southern
alignment, depending on how Smithfield Market and the Barbican are
held up.

There seems to be plenty of space near Farringdon, but I've no idea
how feasible it would be at the Barbican end.

A number of previous discussions seem to have concluded that
rejigging the tracks between Farringdon and Barbican is theoretically
possible, but immediately east of Barbican and towards Moorgate is
pretty much a non starter, due to the supports for buildings above.
It would be interesting to see some plans though.

If I were a betting man I reckon the likeliest use of the various
spare tracks and platforms around that part of the route is for S
stock stabling...

Yes, I agree, but it would be nice if one or two of those parked trains
could be used to substitute for disrupted services on the main line.