Eurostars in West London
 

Eurostars in West London
 

In article ,
Jack Taylor wrote:
wrote:
The depot at North Pole will soon become redundant

What a sad waste - any idea what will happen to all that railway
insfrastructue?

http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...ys_611851.hcsp

To summarise: EWS will move from Old Oak Common to part of the North
Pole site; the Bombardier Level 5 depot moves from Ilford to another
part of North Pole (common sense would suggest that that would be the
Ladbroke Grove end, with EWS taking the Acton end - but stranger things
have happened!); the current Old Oak Common site becomes a Crossrail
depot, making the need for a depot at Romford redundant, and also allows
for an expansion of the Heathrow Express/Connect depot.

There is also an argument which suggests that EWS should take the Ladbroke
Grove end, with a direct connection onto the carriage line flyover (with a
reversal), allowing access to the remaining carriage sidings at Old Oak
Common. It would also allow access off the flyover to the relief lines for
Acton Yard and the Greenford loop without interference with the fast
lines. A reversal on the running lines at North Pole Junction and the
painfully slow detour via Willesden SW sidings would be avoided.

David