"Jonn Elledge" wrote in message ...
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
11:45:25 on Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Alistair Bell
remarked:

(Actually, Eurostar to Reading feels like it could be quite a winner
if the electrification and pathing can be worked out... maybe
Eurostar
and Crossrail can sort it out between them.)


First things first, is there to be a usable junction between the two
lines at Stratford, and which side of the station?

I don't think it's possible to send Eurostar through Crossrail; the
pathing would be nearly impossible. I don't think that's what Alastair
meant anyway - more likely using the North London Line from just before
St Pancras to get to Acton (Wells Jcn?)?

More useful, is it possible to send CrossRail through the CTRL link
from Stratford to Ebbsfleet?


Why? The point of the Ebbsfleet branch is surely not to link Ebbsfleet to
Crossrail, but to connect the Isle of Dogs, Royal Docks and other more
populated parts of North Kent.

Jonn Elledge

Perhaps. But it would be nice to see CrossRail serve more areas.
Ideally , it would be nice to have a link from the Liverpool St to
Grays, using the CTRL between Stratford and the Thames.

Looking back at a previous posting, it seems the CTRL has a capacity
for 8 International and 8 domestic tph. However, there are currently 3
Eurostar tph, and they're only 50-70% full, so I would see future
capacity as 12 domestic and 4 Eurostar.

Again, 12 domestic trains (of 16 carriages) is more than enough for
Stratford, Ebbsfleet and Ashford. So what are the routes?