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5 car Overground trains to Watford Junction
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:38:48 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:10:18 +0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: wrote: I'd imagine the power systems on the northern part of the ELL are all brand new so I wouldn't have thought so. But who knows these days, cost cutting seems to be the #1 priority. There wouldn't be an Overground service at all if that was the case. You've never heard the phrase "on the cheap" I take it? Because with the ELL thats certainly what I have coming to mind in 10 foot high flashing neon lights. Would you say Shoreditch High St was done "on the cheap"? But if you Well lets see - its 300m from liverpool street but they put the single entrance on the other side to add another 100m onto the walk. The line can't take 5 car trains at some stops - and don't tell me they couldn't have enlarged station tunnels - the trains were indequate from the start and the service frequency is poor. sparse service, which you'd never have used, and therefore never have complained about. If they'd simply built the section north from whitechapel and instead of the idiotic decision to stop at H&I instead of finsbury which would have provided an interchange with the ECML it would have been a much more useful line and cheaper. There was no need to co-opt pre existing sound london lines since they were already perfectly well served. I seem to recall that you've also criticised the original DLR for bing built on the cheap, which it certainly was. But if you think anyone could have found the budget back then to build something resembling today's much extended DLR, you obviously would like to pay a lot more in taxes. You don't think we payed for it in taxes anyway? -- Spud |
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5 car Overground trains to Watford Junction
On Monday, 12 January 2015 17:31:56 UTC, wrote:
Well lets see - its 300m from liverpool street but they put the single entrance on the other side to add another 100m onto the walk. The line can't take 5 car trains at some stops - and don't tell me they couldn't have enlarged station tunnels - the trains were indequate from the start and the service frequency is poor. It's been said for well over a decade now that lengthening Rotherhithe and Wapping would either be too difficult or impossible. Selective door opening is common on bits of the tube network which are far newer. sparse service, which you'd never have used, and therefore never have complained about. If they'd simply built the section north from whitechapel and instead of the idiotic decision to stop at H&I instead of finsbury which would have provided an interchange with the ECML it would have been a much more useful line and cheaper. There was no need to co-opt pre existing sound london lines since they were already perfectly well served. You repeatedly say this, but repeating it doesn't mean it makes any more sense. None of the southern branches are quiet, suggesting they weren't already perfectly served. Admittedly, without those passengers it wouldn't be as crowded on the northern section, but without them you wouldn't have the "poor" 16 train an hour frequency. Or an extended ELL at all. I can't imagine it having been funded just to extend New Cross to Highbury & Islington. Would it even exist at all by now? I was curious to find out how slow it is between H+I and Canada Water, and how this compared to the Victoria + Jubilee line. It's timetabled 20 minutes direct by Overground, and 9+11 minutes on the Underground. The same! Only wait, there's the time involved in changing at Green Park, which TFL's journey planner seems to put at around 4 minutes. I know such things can exaggerate changing time, but there seems to be no way to do this journey quicker by tube. The Underground route is about 2 miles longer and has one more stop so yes, the average speed is higher. The average speed of the Underground trip including stops is about 23mph, the Overground about 17mph. Neither are going to set the world on fire. And on average, the Overground's stops *are* closer together, with 10 of them in less than 6 miles. I was actually surprised the Underground wasn't faster by a bigger margin, especially as both lines are ATO. I often wonder if people assume that deep level tubes are travelling faster than they are due to their size, the small tunnels and the "zoom" effect the cabling on the walls has. |
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5 car Overground trains to Watford Junction
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:05:15 -0800 (PST)
Mark wrote: On Monday, 12 January 2015 17:31:56 UTC, wrote: entrance on the other side to add another 100m onto the walk. The line can't take 5 car trains at some stops - and don't tell me they couldn't have enlarged station tunnels - the trains were indequate from the start and the service frequency is poor. It's been said for well over a decade now that lengthening Rotherhithe and Wapping would either be too difficult or impossible. Selective door opening is common on bits of the tube network which are far newer. It was said that enlarging the connaught tunnel for crossrail was "impossible" but they managed it. If they'd simply built the section north from whitechapel and instead of the idiotic decision to stop at H&I instead of finsbury which would have provided an interchange with the ECML it would have been a much more useful line and cheaper. There was no need to co-opt pre existing sound london lines since they were already perfectly well served. You repeatedly say this, but repeating it doesn't mean it makes any more sense. Well it makes more sense than thousands of people spilling out at finsbury, shuffling onto the victoria line - which is already seriously overcrowded there in the rush hour - for one stop then getting off at highbury when there is an underused freight line - albeit single track - onto the NLL that could have been used for passenger trains. served. Admittedly, without those passengers it wouldn't be as crowded on the northern section, but without them you wouldn't have the "poor" 16 train an hour frequency. No, it would be much higher. Or an extended ELL at all. I can't imagine it having been funded just to extend New Cross to Highbury & Islington. Would it even exist at all by now? Well it has provided a sort of tube service to parts of london that were reliant on a bus previously. What has it added to south london? The ability to get to canada water without changing at london bridge. Big deal. I was curious to find out how slow it is between H+I and Canada Water, and how this compared to the Victoria + Jubilee line. It's timetabled 20 minutes direct by Overground, and 9+11 minutes on the Underground. The same! Only wait, there's the time involved in changing at Green Park, which TFL's journey planner seems to put at around 4 minutes. I know such things can exaggerate changing time, but there seems to be no way to do this journey quicker by tube. Well it is quicker by tube. Incidenatly last night I decided against my better judgement to give the overground another go. I spent FIFTEEN minutes waiting at Dalston for a highbury train because one train just sailed on through without stopping. I was actually surprised the Underground wasn't faster by a bigger margin, It is faster by a big margin. I suggest you try it instead of relying on the fiction that is TfLs timetables. -- Spud |
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Mark wrote:
It's been said for well over a decade now that lengthening Rotherhithe and Wapping would either be too difficult or impossible. Selective door opening is common on bits of the tube network which are far newer. Wasn't Rotherhith proposed for closing when the JLE opened with Canada Water taking the strain? And again more recently with the ELL conversion weren't they talking about closing both and screwing Wapping? -- My blog: http://adf.ly/4hi4c |
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:03:08 +0000
Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 10:48:26 on Tue, 13 Jan 2015, d remarked: It was said that enlarging the connaught tunnel for crossrail was "impossible" but they managed it. Only by a complete change of plan and draining the dock to re-cut-and-cover, rather than widening from the inside. Doesn't matter - they did it. Given how long the ELL was closed for to convert it they had plenty of time and compared to the works that were required to raise the line out of the tunnel at shorditch I suspect it would have been a relatively minor addition to lengthen platforms. -- Spud |
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