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Watford to St Albans tram link could open in 2012
On Nov 5, 11:26*am, Neil Williams wrote:
On Nov 5, 12:10*pm, Andy wrote: As the connection is currently via the headshunt from the line which runs through the yard to platform 11, it would probably be quite expensive as a stand alone project. Either the old connection to platform 10 would need to be reinstated, cutting the car park in two, or the junction with mainline upgraded. There would also probably have to be facilities for coupling / uncoupling units as running a four car train from Watford Junction - Euston in the peak would not be a good idea. Presumably you could uncouple and leave 4 in the platform while going to St Albans and back? *Could form the basis of a half-hourly all-day Watford shuttle to remove local stops from the longer-distance stuff, as I believe is the end game. Only if platform 10 was to be used, the current platform 11 is only 4 cars. That, or make it "u"/"s" at Watford. *As it's a separate platform, it wouldn't be hard to enforce. And at Bushey / Harrow? When I used the branch it was to commute to/ from Harrow and I used to catch the branch train to Watford Junction and across to the Watford - Euston mainline service to Harrow. Running a four car train would still eat into capacity on the mainline wherever it is running to/from. |
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