Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
London Transport (uk.transport.london) Discussion of all forms of transport in London. |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
South London Line issues [was: ELL Stock in Place]
On Jan 23, 10:50*am, Andy wrote: On Jan 23, 10:15*am, MIG wrote: On 23 Jan, 01:05, Andy wrote: [snip] The Victoria - Dartford services actually run through Clapham High Street platforms much of the time anyway; most switch to / from the Chatham Reversible at Voltaire Road Junction, although in the past many have gone via the low level lines. Since the loss of the Eurostar services, the trains via Stewarts Lane have been reduced to a few Up peak services. I think that's pretty much all there ever was, even when Eurostar was there. *The only time I ever saw the down Stewarts Lane being used was during engineering works on the viaduct. The past goes back to the early - mid 1990s, when there were Down trains sent that way as well as Up. I don't know the last year that scheduled services used the Down route. See my reply to MIG - a couple of trains were I believe scheduled to do this until recently, but apparently hardly ever actually did do so in reality. It's true that down services have tended to cross backwards and forwards, going through CHS platforms, then crossing back again before Peckham Rye. Pretty much all the services heading for Nunhead and beyond from Victoria go via the Atlantic lines, although the Chatham lines (the northern pair) seem to be busier in recent years. At weekends the diverted Sevenoaks trains (via Nunhead) that would otherwise be Blackfriars/ Thameslink services go to and from Victoria - these seem to use the Chatham lines as opposed to the Atlantic lines. See the LDB for Denmark Hill, in particular the platforming - platforms 1&2 serve the Atlantic lines (the southernmost pair), platforms 3&4 serve the Chatham lines (the northernmost): http://realtime.nationalrail.co.uk/ldb/station.aspx?T=DMK At the moment (i.e. as it's a weekend) the Dartford trains and the SLL are on the Atlantic lines, the Sevenoaks trains are on the Chatham lines. I've been there a few times recently-ish when there's been some appallingly late platform changes, but off the top of my head I can't remember what the particular scenarios were (I do remember helping people up and down staircases with bags, and also once blocking the doorway of a train as the driver shouted at me, the intention being to hold it to allow an elderly-ish couple to get down the stairs and board.) |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
A stock after closure of ELL | London Transport | |||
Best place to purchase an Annual Travelcard | London Transport | |||
What are those new cameras springing up all over the place? | London Transport | |||
What are those new cameras springing up all over the place? | London Transport |