On 10 Oct, 22:42, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 22:08:38 on Wed,
Does that include movements Heathrow to/from the west?

There's no indications of that on the sketch-maps they've produced so
far.

The diagrams are detailed enough, and there's no sign of it:
http://billdocuments.crossrail.co.uk...ter_09_pt4.pdf

Although, inspired by Beekant on the Brussels metro, where the
junction also faces the wrong way and trains reverse in service,
there's always reversing at H&H, which I think the Crossrail
infrastructure will make slightly easier, if not eminently viable for
one or two trains an hour. So the biggest barrier will be
electrification.

U

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On 11 Oct, 12:11, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 10 Oct, 22:42, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 22:08:38 on Wed,
Does that include movements Heathrow to/from the west?

There's no indications of that on the sketch-maps they've produced so
far.

The diagrams are detailed enough, and there's no sign of it:http://billdocuments.crossrail.co.uk...1.Environmenta...

Although, inspired by Beekant on the Brussels metro, where the
junction also faces the wrong way and trains reverse in service,

Beekkant? http://tinyurl.com/2aqy55

There's a not-very-clear animation of Beekkant's quirks he
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeeld...t-Beekkant.gif

bobrayner wrote:
On 11 Oct, 12:11, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 10 Oct, 22:42, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 22:08:38 on
Wed,
Does that include movements Heathrow to/from the west?

There's no indications of that on the sketch-maps they've produced
so far.

The diagrams are detailed enough, and there's no sign of
it:http://billdocuments.crossrail.co.uk...1.Environmenta...

Although, inspired by Beekant on the Brussels metro, where the
junction also faces the wrong way and trains reverse in service,

Beekkant? http://tinyurl.com/2aqy55

There's a not-very-clear animation of Beekkant's quirks he
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeeld...t-Beekkant.gif

Is that correct? It suggests that the line through Osse has left-hand
running but the lines through Etan and West have right hand running. There
also seems to be no way of running trains between West and Osse without
ending up on the wrong track (I know they don't normally run that way, but
it's surprising the track layout would force them onto the wrong track).

On 12 Oct, 01:55, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Is that correct? It suggests that the line through Osse has left-hand
running but the lines through Etan and West have right hand running. There
also seems to be no way of running trains between West and Osse without
ending up on the wrong track (I know they don't normally run that way, but
it's surprising the track layout would force them onto the wrong track).

Yes, I've been on the line that reverses and switches sides, and was
quite surprised. As far as I can tell the line from the east (from the
city centre) was built to interchange with the existing north-south
heavy rail route, which was later incorporated into the Metro, and
this was the easiest way to do it. They're changing the service
pattern in 2009 to remove the reversal and the left-hand running on
the north branch.

U

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