The line between Barking and Gospel Oak is due to be
re-opened at the end of this month. I have assumed all
along that the entire electrification project and attendant
rebuilding work will be completed by then. Certainly I have
not seen statements from TfL or Network Rail warning of
further weekend closures after the line is re-opened to
allow more work to be done.

At present on much of the route the stanchions to support
overhead wiring are not yet in place. I don't know how long
it takes to install these stanchions or to string up overhead
wiring, but it seems quite possible that this work will not be
completed within the next 24 days.

Does anyone know whether or not the original plan was to
complete the project fully by the end of February?

Stanchions are now being installed but in a piecemeal
way that seems to flout common sense. A complete one
was erected at Leyton Midland Station several weeks ago
and then left in isolation. A few weeks later a second was
installed. That too was not followed up. Now a single upright
column has been erected.

I admit openly I do not understand this methodology.

Both yesterday and today, and possibly earlier, two-car
DMUs have been travelling along the line, presumably for
driver training/route familiarisation purposes.

Strolling around Leytonstone this afternoon, I noticed that
three bridges in the elevated section in the Samson Road/
Montague Road area have been replaced.

I've just walked past Leyton Midland Road station. The
boarding has been removed in readiness for the re-opening.
The station gate is still shut but the electric timetable display
is working again; today, of course, giving times for the
replacement buses.

The trains are running again. They're not as crowded as before
but I'm sure that will change within a week! At my local station
the ticket barriers were open, with staff standing around to deal
with problems but not to check if I had a ticket. I strolled through
without being accosted!

There was also a Community Support presence. Three officers
travelled on my train but I didn't see any reason for it.

It is rumoured that the line will be shut down again in August
to allow further electrification work. I can't find anything on
TfL's website confirming this. Does anyone have any firm
information?

Robin9 wrote:

The trains are running again. They're not as crowded as before
but I'm sure that will change within a week! At my local station
the ticket barriers were open, with staff standing around to deal
with problems but not to check if I had a ticket. I strolled through
without being accosted!

There was also a Community Support presence. Three officers
travelled on my train but I didn't see any reason for it.

Seems a sensible move to me. Send the officers out to get to know how
things have changed and re-familiarize themselves with the environment
under benign conditions so that when they are needed for more serious
incidents they are prepared for it better.

Robin

On 2017\02\27 16:09, Robin9 wrote:
The trains are running again. They're not as crowded as before
but I'm sure that will change within a week!

Failure to produce a new tube map showing it open won't have helped!

In article ,
(Robin9) wrote:

I've just walked past Leyton Midland Road station. The
boarding has been removed in readiness for the re-opening.
The station gate is still shut but the electric timetable display
is working again; today, of course, giving times for the

So I can assume the line will be back in service by March 11th? I'm
organising a visit to Ilford that day and the number of engineering work
closures and diversions is a bit daunting.

PS There is something odd in the way your Usenet client interacts with
Giganews (through which my newsfeed comes). The last line of your postings
is usually lost by the time it gets to me, even though your signature is
there after it. When your post is quoted by someone else it's all there
though.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 2017\02\26 01:03, wrote:
In article ,
(Robin9) wrote:

I've just walked past Leyton Midland Road station. The
boarding has been removed in readiness for the re-opening.
The station gate is still shut but the electric timetable display
is working again; today, of course, giving times for the

So I can assume the line will be back in service by March 11th?

It should be open this Monday! Still diesel, obviously.