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Orbirail mess (was Planned upgrade for rail routes (aka OuterCircle Line, London))
John B wrote:
asdf wrote: The plans are for the current (self-contained) WLL service to be replaced with through running from the NLL (Stratford to Clapham Junction), so it wouldn't be possible to use a different type of stock just for the WLL. The Euston to Watford service will be axed completely, but this only uses something like 4 of the 23 313 units. It seems apparent to me from the figures that the proposed doubling of the frequency on the WLL and NLL (and the reopening of the Queens Park - Camden Road route) will be achieved simply by running the 376s in addition to the 313s, rather than the 376s replacing the 313s. The options in the contract would then allow the 313s to be replaced at a later date with a subsequent build of 376s. Yehbutnobut. As far as I can tell (certainly according to NR's RUS - http://tinyurl.com/hbkhq ), the medium-term plan to take effect by 2009 when these trains are introduced is for: Stratford - Richmond x 4 Stratford - QP x 2 Barking - Clapham x 2 Barking - Gospel Oak x 2 Watford - Croydon (via Clapham) x 1 Shepherds Bush - Croydon (via Clapham) x 1 This is the same frequency as at present on Stratford to Richmond. (snip) The information coming out of various transport orifices regarding the future "Orbirail" service patterns is a bit of a mess. The most recent TfL plan prior to the publication of NR's RUS was relatively simple. THe first phase was: 4tph Stratford to Richmond 4tph CJ to Stratford 2tph Gospel Oak to Barking. However, NR's RUS now says that TfL's proposal (service variant SLC2 for implementation in Jan 2011) is the rather bewildering: 4tph Stratford to Richmond 2tph Gospel Oak to Barking 2tph CJ to Willesden Jcn 2tph CJ to Barking 4tph Caledonian Rd to Stratford and a possible 4tph Caledonian Rd to Dalston "ELL precursor" (what purpose that would serve, I have no idea - they don't even say whether that's supposed to be to Kingsland or Junction, and if it's to Junction, why not just run the proper ELL service?) Compare that the NR's medium-term proposal; the TfL one offers the Queen's Park services only as far as Caledonian Road, and offers a better service on the WLL (4tph exclusive of any Southern services, rather than inclusive in the NR proposal). The long-term NR proposal does match up with what TfL proposed for its second phase: 4tph Stratford to Richmond 4tph CJ to Barking 4tph QP to Stratford ....which would (together with the non-TfL Watford J to East Croydon and Shepherd's Bush to East Croydon services) also offer an excellent 6tph between Shepherd's Bush and Clapham Junction. I'm going to assume that what NR state TfL's SLC2 specification to be in this Cross-London RUS supercedes what TfL originally submitted to the RUS consultation. The newer version only offers half the service (4tph) between Gospel Oak and Camden Road - although perhaps this is to avoid the scenario in the previous proposal where new demand might be generated by the 8tph along that corridor, only for the service to fall back to 4tph later on. I'm also unsure quite why TfL offer 2 extra tph on the WLL from the start whilst NR delay it until the long-term. It's all very confusing! Previous reports also suggested that the Olympics transport package was funding improvements for 6-car trains on the NLL, but that now seems unnecessary... -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Dave Arquati wrote:
4tph Caledonian Rd to Stratford I think we should start referring to the former of those two stations as Barnsbury. As it is, every time i read about NLL service patterns, i start wondering where the Picc/NLL curve is. tom -- Baby got a masterplan. A foolproof masterplan. |
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In article , Dave Arquati
writes However, NR's RUS now says that TfL's proposal (service variant SLC2 for implementation in Jan 2011) is the rather bewildering: [...] and a possible 4tph Caledonian Rd to Dalston "ELL precursor" (what purpose that would serve, I have no idea Could it be to let them get experience with the effects of pathing the ELL on to the NLL, before it opens? -- Clive D.W. Feather | Home: Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Please reply to the Reply-To address, which is: |
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Orbirail mess (was Planned upgrade for rail routes (aka OuterCircle Line, London))
Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
In article , Dave Arquati writes However, NR's RUS now says that TfL's proposal (service variant SLC2 for implementation in Jan 2011) is the rather bewildering: [...] and a possible 4tph Caledonian Rd to Dalston "ELL precursor" (what purpose that would serve, I have no idea Could it be to let them get experience with the effects of pathing the ELL on to the NLL, before it opens? That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to work - it must either run to Dalston Kingsland or Dalston Junction; if it's the former, then wouldn't they need to build expensive and temporary turnback facilities? If it's the latter, then there seems to be little point running a precursor when the proper ELL could be run through. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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In article , Dave Arquati
writes Could it be to let them get experience with the effects of pathing the ELL on to the NLL, before it opens? That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to work - it must either run to Dalston Kingsland or Dalston Junction; if it's the former, then wouldn't they need to build expensive and temporary turnback facilities? If it's the latter, then there seems to be little point running a precursor when the proper ELL could be run through. Not if they build the junction, with temporary buffer stops on the ELL route, early, well before finishing the rest of the ELL stuff (in particular, the link from Whitechapel to the viaduct). -- Clive D.W. Feather | Home: Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Please reply to the Reply-To address, which is: |
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On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 13:25:16 +0100, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
Could it be to let them get experience with the effects of pathing the ELL on to the NLL, before it opens? That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to work - it must either run to Dalston Kingsland or Dalston Junction; if it's the former, then wouldn't they need to build expensive and temporary turnback facilities? If it's the latter, then there seems to be little point running a precursor when the proper ELL could be run through. Not if they build the junction, with temporary buffer stops on the ELL route, early, well before finishing the rest of the ELL stuff (in particular, the link from Whitechapel to the viaduct). The link from Whitechapel to the viaduct is part of ELLX Phase 1. The connection from Dalston Junction to Canonbury, and through running onto the NLL, is part of Phase 2, so it won't need to happen till much later. |
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asdf wrote:
The link from Whitechapel to the viaduct is part of ELLX Phase 1. The connection from Dalston Junction to Canonbury, and through running onto the NLL, is part of Phase 2, so it won't need to happen till much later. TfL has requested that the ELLX project team look at (the costs/benefits of?) connecting the extension at its northern extremity to the NLL proper - indeed the RUS as published last week refers to this. In addition, I read somewhere today (can't mind where - sorry) that the new rolling stock is to be maintained at a new depot in the New Cross Gate area (dunno where though) which would suggest that a connection will be necessary to facilitate stock transfer. THC |
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On 4 Sep 2006 11:22:04 -0700, THC wrote:
The link from Whitechapel to the viaduct is part of ELLX Phase 1. The connection from Dalston Junction to Canonbury, and through running onto the NLL, is part of Phase 2, so it won't need to happen till much later. TfL has requested that the ELLX project team look at (the costs/benefits of?) connecting the extension at its northern extremity to the NLL proper - indeed the RUS as published last week refers to this. In addition, I read somewhere today (can't mind where - sorry) that the new rolling stock is to be maintained at a new depot in the New Cross Gate area (dunno where though) which would suggest that a connection will be necessary to facilitate stock transfer. In Phase 1, there will be a connection at New Cross Gate (for the West Croydon - Dalston Junction and Crystal Palace - Dalston Junction services), so there will be no need for a connection at the north end just to transfer stock. (However, ISTM that it would make the service a lot more useful at relatively little cost if through running to the NLL was done as part of Phase 1.) |
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Orbirail mess (was Planned upgrade for rail routes (aka OuterCircle Line, London))
Dave Arquati wrote:
John B wrote: asdf wrote: The plans are for the current (self-contained) WLL service to be replaced with through running from the NLL (Stratford to Clapham Junction), so it wouldn't be possible to use a different type of stock just for the WLL. The Euston to Watford service will be axed completely, but this only uses something like 4 of the 23 313 units. It seems apparent to me from the figures that the proposed doubling of the frequency on the WLL and NLL (and the reopening of the Queens Park - Camden Road route) will be achieved simply by running the 376s in addition to the 313s, rather than the 376s replacing the 313s. The options in the contract would then allow the 313s to be replaced at a later date with a subsequent build of 376s. Yehbutnobut. As far as I can tell (certainly according to NR's RUS - http://tinyurl.com/hbkhq ), the medium-term plan to take effect by 2009 when these trains are introduced is for: Stratford - Richmond x 4 Stratford - QP x 2 Barking - Clapham x 2 Barking - Gospel Oak x 2 Watford - Croydon (via Clapham) x 1 Shepherds Bush - Croydon (via Clapham) x 1 This is the same frequency as at present on Stratford to Richmond. (snip) The information coming out of various transport orifices regarding the future "Orbirail" service patterns is a bit of a mess. The most recent TfL plan prior to the publication of NR's RUS was relatively simple. THe first phase was: 4tph Stratford to Richmond 4tph CJ to Stratford 2tph Gospel Oak to Barking. However, NR's RUS now says that TfL's proposal (service variant SLC2 for implementation in Jan 2011) is the rather bewildering: 4tph Stratford to Richmond 2tph Gospel Oak to Barking 2tph CJ to Willesden Jcn 2tph CJ to Barking 4tph Caledonian Rd to Stratford and a possible 4tph Caledonian Rd to Dalston "ELL precursor" (what purpose that would serve, I have no idea - they don't even say whether that's supposed to be to Kingsland or Junction, and if it's to Junction, why not just run the proper ELL service?) Compare that the NR's medium-term proposal; the TfL one offers the Queen's Park services only as far as Caledonian Road, and offers a better service on the WLL (4tph exclusive of any Southern services, rather than inclusive in the NR proposal). (snip my own post) Incidentally, NLL services to/from Stratford are diverted to Queen's Park on a few weekends soon because of engineering work on the rest of the line. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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Orbirail mess (was Planned upgrade for rail routes (aka Outer Circle Line, London))
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:27:44 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:
Incidentally, NLL services to/from Stratford are diverted to Queen's Park on a few weekends soon because of engineering work on the rest of the line. I went on one of these last time they ran. In the westbound direction, the train even stopped for a couple of minutes in the (rather overgrown) platform at Primrose Hill. (I guessed this was part of the timetable, as recovery time.) |
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