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The East London Line is dead... Long live the East London Line
On 22 Dec, 15:34, wrote:
which is of recent construction) will require to be upgraded to be DDA compliant, Why? And why does installing a lift require the whole station to close anyway? In addition, platforms will require to be lengthend, which at Rotherhithe and Wapping will require opening out the tunnels (the new class 378s will, I presume, be 20m vehicles whereas the A stock is noticeably shorter). You might have a point there. In the case of the power supply, there will be a requirement to ensure that stray traction return currents do not cause corrosion of running rails, buried services etc; this will require significant work in its Surely that was sorted when the line was closed last time? Then there is resignalling; I presume the line will be resignalled to NR standards to achieve compatibility with the lines to its north and south and to avoid the 378s having to be fitted with LUL train stops as well as TPWS. Does anyone know what has been specified for the signalling? Again ,. I don't see why the line would have to close for that. They could just install the new system piece by piece until its ready to be used. Finally, a new flyover is to be built at New Cross Gate to allow northbound trains from the Brighton Line to gain access to the ELL. This will require significant works in its own right. Again , I don't see why this would require closure of the line for 2 years. As you can see, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye - HTH! Seems to me they're just making their own life easier than actually trying to accomodate the travelling public, who are after all, the whole raison d'etre of the line in the first place! B2003 |
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