On Oct 26, 11:44*pm, asdf wrote:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:37:16 -0700 (PDT), EE507 wrote:
That said, given that said service is mainly about linking the WCML to
the SWML, it could I suppose be extended to 8 then not stop at
Imperial Wharf. * How long is the platform at Shepherd's Bush?

4! Same at West Brompton. I think the assumption has been made that
CLJ 16 and 17 will never be sorted out, so why bother when LOROL will
be a 4-car max railway forever more?

LOROL doesn't use 16/17 at CLJ...

LOROL will be a 4-car railway. CLJ 16 and 17, served by SN, won't be
sorted out any time soon [1]. So all trains will be 4-car max for the
foreseeable and there is consequently no need for platforms of longer
than 4 coaches anywhere on the WLL.

I don't think building 4-car platforms was that big a mistake,
provided passive provision was made for extension to 8-car.

That hasn't happened.

Willesden
Junction (HL) is another limiting factor. Better to have 4-car
stations that get built than 8-car stations that don't because they're
too expensive. Once the service is running and demand is proven,
there's more of a case for extending to 8-car.

Have you seen peak loadings on the WLL? There is already a case for 8-
car trains, but the best we can hope for is a combined peak frequency
of 6 tph (all 4-car by 2012). Trains are so busy that LOROL's have
been designed for maximising standing crush loads.

[1] LOROL *does* use CLJ 17 on Sundays when there is engineering work
affecting access to 2.