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East London Line Extensions
When will the extension(s) appear on the tube map? Or will they appear
at all? On a similar vein, does anyone have any information on plans to include high-frequency National Rail routes on the standard Tube map? (I know about the Overground Network pilot project). -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 |
East London Line Extensions
Dave Arquati wrote in message ...
When will the extension(s) appear on the tube map? Or will they appear at all? On a similar vein, does anyone have any information on plans to include high-frequency National Rail routes on the standard Tube map? (I know about the Overground Network pilot project). I suspect it'll appear initially when all the tub thumping is underway, then when LU and everyone else actually stand up and admit that all they've created is yet another suburban 3rd rail route with the associated lousy service it'll no longer be called the ELL and will disappear of tube maps never to be seen again, a bit like the drayton park - moorgate line. My personal prediction (and I stand to be proved completely wrong) is that this line will not be nearly as popular as those in power seem to think it will be. The only real use it will have is as a commuter route to interchange with the jubilee line for docklands , I doubt even a small percentage will use it for cross town travel. I can think of FAR better schemes to have spent money on than this. B2003 |
East London Line Extensions
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East London Line Extensions
Dave Arquati wrote in message ...
Ben Nunn wrote: Unless I'm very much mistaken, it was Boltar ), in message who said: Dave Arquati wrote in message ... When will the extension(s) appear on the tube map? Or will they appear at all? On a similar vein, does anyone have any information on plans to include high-frequency National Rail routes on the standard Tube map? (I know about the Overground Network pilot project). I suspect it'll appear initially when all the tub thumping is underway, then when LU and everyone else actually stand up and admit that all they've created is yet another suburban 3rd rail route with the associated lousy service it'll no longer be called the ELL and will disappear of tube maps never to be seen again, a bit like the drayton park - moorgate line. My personal prediction (and I stand to be proved completely wrong) is that this line will not be nearly as popular as those in power seem to think it will be. The only real use it will have is as a commuter route to interchange with the jubilee line for docklands , I doubt even a small percentage will use it for cross town travel. I can think of FAR better schemes to have spent money on than this. I would tend to agree. It seems to be an attempt to join up little bits of existing infrastructure, just so LU can say 'Hey, look, we've built a whole new long line'. No you haven't. The decision not to include a Central Line interchange was a major mistake, as this would at least give people an additional reason for using it. As it is, getting into the centre from the southern end will take a lot longer than using a mainline service, so the demand simply isn't going to be there. Woohoo. Croydon to Whitechapel in 40 minutes, then change onto a lethargic District service into the City. Can't see it proving too popular, somehow. BTN I don't think anyone is claiming that that's the idea. The idea is to provide an ability to perform orbital journeys - so of course they're not looking at Croydon to the City via Whitechapel! Croydon to Canary Wharf or Stratford via Canada Water on the other hand is much better and cheaper than changing at London Bridge, and reduces pressure on central area termini. In fact for many journeys it will be possible to avoid Zone 1 - which makes it cheaper for the passenger and stops journeys unnecessarily going through Zone 1. Another point of the project is that it does not involve vast amounts of money - a connection over disused track at either end links a backwater line into the main networks and allows a multitude of journey opportunities for relatively low cost. I thought the ELL was going to become part of NR and was planned as a new freight route as well. I'd guess they'll keep it on the tube map like they have the NLL on. |
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CJC wrote:
Dave Arquati wrote in message ... Ben Nunn wrote: Unless I'm very much mistaken, it was Boltar ), in message who said: Dave Arquati wrote in message ... When will the extension(s) appear on the tube map? Or will they appear at all? On a similar vein, does anyone have any information on plans to include high-frequency National Rail routes on the standard Tube map? (I know about the Overground Network pilot project). I suspect it'll appear initially when all the tub thumping is underway, then when LU and everyone else actually stand up and admit that all they've created is yet another suburban 3rd rail route with the associated lousy service it'll no longer be called the ELL and will disappear of tube maps never to be seen again, a bit like the drayton park - moorgate line. My personal prediction (and I stand to be proved completely wrong) is that this line will not be nearly as popular as those in power seem to think it will be. The only real use it will have is as a commuter route to interchange with the jubilee line for docklands , I doubt even a small percentage will use it for cross town travel. I can think of FAR better schemes to have spent money on than this. I would tend to agree. It seems to be an attempt to join up little bits of existing infrastructure, just so LU can say 'Hey, look, we've built a whole new long line'. No you haven't. The decision not to include a Central Line interchange was a major mistake, as this would at least give people an additional reason for using it. As it is, getting into the centre from the southern end will take a lot longer than using a mainline service, so the demand simply isn't going to be there. Woohoo. Croydon to Whitechapel in 40 minutes, then change onto a lethargic District service into the City. Can't see it proving too popular, somehow. BTN I don't think anyone is claiming that that's the idea. The idea is to provide an ability to perform orbital journeys - so of course they're not looking at Croydon to the City via Whitechapel! Croydon to Canary Wharf or Stratford via Canada Water on the other hand is much better and cheaper than changing at London Bridge, and reduces pressure on central area termini. In fact for many journeys it will be possible to avoid Zone 1 - which makes it cheaper for the passenger and stops journeys unnecessarily going through Zone 1. Another point of the project is that it does not involve vast amounts of money - a connection over disused track at either end links a backwater line into the main networks and allows a multitude of journey opportunities for relatively low cost. I thought the ELL was going to become part of NR and was planned as a new freight route as well. I'd guess they'll keep it on the tube map like they have the NLL on. It's set to become part of a new Orbirail franchise, along with the NLL, WLL and Goblin AFAIK. I'm not sure whether they have plans to use it for freight - I'd guess they'd want to limit freight since it can easily disrupt passenger services, and the frequency on the core section will be increased once the extensions are running. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 |
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Dave Arquati wrote the following in:
CJC wrote: I thought the ELL was going to become part of NR and was planned as a new freight route as well. I'd guess they'll keep it on the tube map like they have the NLL on. It's set to become part of a new Orbirail franchise, along with the NLL, WLL and Goblin AFAIK. I'm not sure whether they have plans to use it for freight - I'd guess they'd want to limit freight since it can easily disrupt passenger services, and the frequency on the core section will be increased once the extensions are running. Is there any plan to increase train frequencies on the NLL? It's true that it doesn't have all that many passengers, but I think that's partly because you can't just turn up and go. There's only 2 or 4 trains an hour and they're often delayed. I'd probably use it more often if I could rely on getting a train without having to wait for ages. -- message by Robin May, but you can call me Mr Smith. Hello. I'm one of those "roaring fascists of the left wing". Then and than are different words! |
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Robin May writes:
Dave Arquati wrote the following in: Is there any plan to increase train frequencies on the NLL? It's true that it doesn't have all that many passengers, but I think that's partly because you can't just turn up and go. And partly that there are very few useful interchanges. |
East London Line Extensions
Dave Arquati wrote in message ...
I don't think anyone is claiming that that's the idea. The idea is to provide an ability to perform orbital journeys - so of course they're not looking at Croydon to the City via Whitechapel! Croydon to Canary Wharf or Stratford via Canada Water on the other hand is much better and cheaper than changing at London Bridge, and reduces pressure on central area termini. In fact for many journeys it will be possible to avoid Zone 1 - which makes it cheaper for the passenger and stops journeys unnecessarily going through Zone 1. But how many people will want to do that? Yes ok you'll get a few but enough to justify the money spent? I doubt it. Far cheaper I would have thought would have simply been to make the current ELL more usable by having through trains from the main met line so making the ELL far more useful to the people in the new cross area that a line to finsbury park will ever be (yes I know there are issues with St Marys Curve but its hardly a show stopper). I suspect the real reason LU is happy to divest itself of the ELL is cost cutting. I very much doubt the line makes anything close to a profit at the moment given how much it costs to maintain the tunnels and getting shot of it will make the books look much rosier. Call me a cynic if you will.... B2003 |
East London Line Extensions
"Robin May" wrote in message . 1.4... Dave Arquati wrote the following in: CJC wrote: I thought the ELL was going to become part of NR and was planned as a new freight route as well. I'd guess they'll keep it on the tube map like they have the NLL on. It's set to become part of a new Orbirail franchise, along with the NLL, WLL and Goblin AFAIK. I'm not sure whether they have plans to use it for freight - I'd guess they'd want to limit freight since it can easily disrupt passenger services, and the frequency on the core section will be increased once the extensions are running. Is there any plan to increase train frequencies on the NLL? It's true that it doesn't have all that many passengers, but I think that's partly because you can't just turn up and go. There's only 2 or 4 trains an hour and they're often delayed. I'd probably use it more often if I could rely on getting a train without having to wait for ages. The short trains of 3 cars are extremely overloaded during peak hours. As well as improving capacity and frequency, the stations need a major redecoration to reduce their repulsiveness. |
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