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I notice that there is some activity around the proposed site for the new
White City station on the Hammersmith & City line.
Does anyone know if they are starting work on this, and what the lkely
completion date is?

Also - any news on the new Shepherds Bush station on the West London line?

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Slim wrote:
I notice that there is some activity around the proposed site for the

new
White City station on the Hammersmith & City line.
Does anyone know if they are starting work on this, and what the

lkely
completion date is?

Also - any news on the new Shepherds Bush station on the West London

line?

http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/24 and links therefrom. As I
understand it this is all going to be going live 'Summer 2005'. Network
maps in tube stations already show Imperial Wharf and Shepherds Bush
WLL stations as '* opening summer 2005'.

I think yesterday's "Homes and Property" supplement to the Standard
included a couple of pages on the White City project.

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Larry Lard wrote:

http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/24 and links therefrom. As I
understand it this is all going to be going live 'Summer 2005'.
Network maps in tube stations already show Imperial Wharf and

Shepherds
Bush WLL stations as '* opening summer 2005'.


Hmmm.

The WLL station will be long enough for four-car trains, due to the
constraints of the signalling. I also wonder how much of a constraint
there will be on pathing freights and 377/Xs around the 313s stopping
at the station.

No mention is made of how long the H&CR station will be - seems to me
that making it seven (or eight!) cars instead of six would be useful
if/when the new SSL stock comes on the scene (this is dependent on how
easily Hammersmith station can be modified). Even if the trains will
never be longer, having a platform bigger than your train makes the
T/Op's life much less stressful.

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TheOneKEA wrote:
Larry Lard wrote:

http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/24 and links therefrom. As

I
understand it this is all going to be going live 'Summer 2005'.
Network maps in tube stations already show Imperial Wharf and

Shepherds
Bush WLL stations as '* opening summer 2005'.


Hmmm.

The WLL station will be long enough for four-car trains, due to the
constraints of the signalling. I also wonder how much of a constraint
there will be on pathing freights and 377/Xs around the 313s stopping
at the station.


I think there's definitely 'somwthing being done' to the WLL, as it's
my understanding that when these new stations open the Silverlink WLL
shuttle is having a 50% service increase! (from 2 to 3 trains per
hour).

Mostly stuff I've picked up here, so I'm sure someone definitive will
be along soon...

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In article .com,
TheOneKEA writes
No mention is made of how long the H&CR station will be - seems to me
that making it seven (or eight!) cars instead of six would be useful
if/when the new SSL stock comes on the scene (this is dependent on how
easily Hammersmith station can be modified). Even if the trains will
never be longer, having a platform bigger than your train makes the
T/Op's life much less stressful.

I suppose this is a replacement for White City station, which closed
following a fire in 1959.
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In message , thoss
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In article .com,
TheOneKEA writes


No mention is made of how long the H&CR station will be - seems to me
that making it seven (or eight!) cars instead of six would be useful
if/when the new SSL stock comes on the scene (this is dependent on how
easily Hammersmith station can be modified). Even if the trains will
never be longer, having a platform bigger than your train makes the
T/Op's life much less stressful.


I suppose this is a replacement for White City station, which closed
following a fire in 1959.


No. The White City station that closed following a fire in 1959 was on
the Central Line. The new station is on the Hammersmith and City - so it
is in no way a replacement.

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In article .com,
TheOneKEA writes
No mention is made of how long the H&CR station will be - seems to me
that making it seven (or eight!) cars instead of six would be useful
if/when the new SSL stock comes on the scene (this is dependent on how
easily Hammersmith station can be modified). Even if the trains will
never be longer, having a platform bigger than your train makes the
T/Op's life much less stressful.

I suppose this is a replacement for White City station, which closed
following a fire in 1959.


That's correct, although I don't know about the fire causing closure.


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thoss wrote:

I suppose this is a replacement for White City station, which closed
following a fire in 1959.


Not quite. The H&CR station entitled White City was closed after WWII
ended, apparently due to bomb damage.

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Paul Terry wrote:
In message , thoss
writes

In article .com,
TheOneKEA writes



No mention is made of how long the H&CR station will be - seems to me
that making it seven (or eight!) cars instead of six would be useful
if/when the new SSL stock comes on the scene (this is dependent on how
easily Hammersmith station can be modified). Even if the trains will
never be longer, having a platform bigger than your train makes the
T/Op's life much less stressful.



I suppose this is a replacement for White City station, which closed
following a fire in 1959.



No. The White City station that closed following a fire in 1959 was on
the Central Line. The new station is on the Hammersmith and City - so it
is in no way a replacement.


Clive believes differently:
http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/hammersmith.html

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TheOneKEA wrote:
thoss wrote:

I suppose this is a replacement for White City station, which
closed following a fire in 1959.


Not quite. The H&CR station entitled White City was closed after
WWII ended, apparently due to bomb damage.


The H&CR station closed in 1959, 14 years after WW2 ended. According to
Hywel Williams's site[1], closure followed a fire on one of the wooden
platforms.

[1] http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/woodlane.html

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