On Jan 25, 6:17*am, "Recliner" wrote:
"Yokel" wrote in message







"D7666" wrote in message
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On Jan 23, 10:39 pm, "Peter Masson"
wrote:

It is already at capacity. Thats why it is getting re-signalled -

The idea is to run all Morden trains via Bank, with the Charing Cross
branch
extended from Kennington to Nine Elms and Battersea. This is said to
enable
an increased frequency through Central London on both branches.

They already do that north of Kennington anyway, except for a few
trains in the peaks. The line is at capacity already, *and TBTC will
do nothing more than provide a little growth for the line as it is.

If they already run all the Morden trains via Bank and all the
Charing Cross route terminate at Kennington, then how will extending
the Kennington service onward require any extra train paths? *Extra
trains, perhaps, as the end-to-end journey on the Charing Cross route
will take longer. *But the same number of trains would run between
Camden Town and Kennington - they would just run along the extension
and back instead of going round the reversing loop.

Or have I missed something?

Yes, the extra demand that will be stimulated by the extension will
funnel more passengers into the already crowded central sections of the
line. As the trains won't be longer, more will need to run, hence the
need for extra paths (and trains). A complete split at Camden Town would
help even more, but that's not practical without a hugely expensive
redevelopment of the station.

IMHO The Waterloo and City may be a better candidate for extension to
Battersea, and perhaps on to Wimbledon.