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On 06/10/2020 11:49, Trolleybus wrote:
On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:42:26 +0100, Basil Jet wrote: On 06/10/2020 10:06, Recliner wrote: Yes. Personally, I don't think Crossrail should go as far as Reading. I think Slough was far enough. Windsor IMO, assuming crossing the mainline is at all possible. It's single track from Slough and a single platform, so capacity and the ability to recover during disruption are poor. I think the entire formation is double track. The station is massive and used to have three platforms, although most of it is taken up with restaurant seating areas at the moment which could be repurposed. I'm surprised no-one mentioned that the line is not electrified and would need to be. I don't think any of these are show stoppers, although crossing the fast lines at Slough could be. -- Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to Miles Davis - 1967 - Miles Smiles |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 06/10/2020 11:49, Trolleybus wrote: On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:42:26 +0100, Basil Jet wrote: On 06/10/2020 10:06, Recliner wrote: Yes. Personally, I don't think Crossrail should go as far as Reading. I think Slough was far enough. Windsor IMO, assuming crossing the mainline is at all possible. It's single track from Slough and a single platform, so capacity and the ability to recover during disruption are poor. I think the entire formation is double track. The station is massive and used to have three platforms, although most of it is taken up with restaurant seating areas at the moment which could be repurposed. I'm surprised no-one mentioned that the line is not electrified and would need to be. I don't think any of these are show stoppers, although crossing the fast lines at Slough could be. It would need something like the Hitchin flyover in a built-up area to cross the main lines: huge and expensive. There's no way that would have been done, and for what reason? The cost of electrifying the Windsor branch would be trivial by comparison. |
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On 06/10/2020 12:49, Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote: On 06/10/2020 11:49, Trolleybus wrote: On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:42:26 +0100, Basil Jet wrote: On 06/10/2020 10:06, Recliner wrote: Yes. Personally, I don't think Crossrail should go as far as Reading. I think Slough was far enough. Windsor IMO, assuming crossing the mainline is at all possible. It's single track from Slough and a single platform, so capacity and the ability to recover during disruption are poor. I think the entire formation is double track. The station is massive and used to have three platforms, although most of it is taken up with restaurant seating areas at the moment which could be repurposed. I'm surprised no-one mentioned that the line is not electrified and would need to be. I don't think any of these are show stoppers, although crossing the fast lines at Slough could be. It would need something like the Hitchin flyover in a built-up area to cross the main lines: huge and expensive. There's no way that would have been done, and for what reason? The cost of electrifying the Windsor branch would be trivial by comparison. I believe there is cash value in having trains running through the tourist parts of London with "Windsor" on the front. -- Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to Miles Davis - 1967 - Miles Smiles |
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In message , at 12:29:56 on Tue, 6 Oct 2020,
Basil Jet remarked: Yes. Personally, I don't think Crossrail should go as far as Reading. I think Slough was far enough. Windsor IMO, assuming crossing the mainline is at all possible. It's single track from Slough and a single platform, so capacity and the ability to recover during disruption are poor. I think the entire formation is double track. erm: https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/...ough#T_WINDSEC -- Roland Perry |
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On 06/10/2020 14:29, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:29:56 on Tue, 6 Oct 2020, Basil Jet remarked: Yes. Personally, I don't think Crossrail should go as far as Reading. I think Slough was far enough. Windsor IMO, assuming crossing the mainline is at all possible. Â*It's single track from Slough and a single platform, so capacity and the ability to recover during disruption are poor. I think the entire formation is double track. erm: https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/...ough#T_WINDSEC Obviously the track is single, but the formation is double, because the disused land and wide bridges are still there. -- Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to Miles Davis - 1967 - Miles Smiles |
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On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 12:29:56 +0100
Basil Jet wrote: On 06/10/2020 11:49, Trolleybus wrote: On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:42:26 +0100, Basil Jet wrote: On 06/10/2020 10:06, Recliner wrote: Yes. Personally, I don't think Crossrail should go as far as Reading. I think Slough was far enough. Windsor IMO, assuming crossing the mainline is at all possible. It's single track from Slough and a single platform, so capacity and the ability to recover during disruption are poor. I think the entire formation is double track. The station is massive and used to have three platforms, although most of it is taken up with restaurant seating areas at the moment which could be repurposed. I'm I doubt Windsor town council will give up their major shopping centre without a fight frankly. It probably should have been kept as a station but its took late now. The current station is just a miserable single track halt. Windsor low level station would make more sense wrt size but unfortunately its 3rd rail and linked to the wrong part of the network. |
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