On Apr 29, 2:48*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:

"Recliner" wrote in message

"Mizter T"

On Apr 29, 1:52 pm, TimB wrote:
I thought they were expected to use the same platform (2?) at Clapham
Jn?

Platform 1 is to be reinstated (across the island from platform 2).

I thought Ih ad read that this plan had been abandoned?

AIUI the current plan is to use platform 2 in two halves. Presumably WLL
trains will use the eastern half of the platform, and ELL trains will use
the western half via a new mid-platform crossover.

That's very interesting - first time I've come across that. That plan
makes the notion of sharing a platform face actually workable (having
the WLL and ELL services actually share the very same operational
platform would be a recipe for total disaster, which is why I'd
dismissed it previously - never thought of what you've mentioned
though). It's possible of course because there's a centre track in
between those on platforms 2 and 3.

Actually quite ingenious. I knew that the decking beneath the track
space of platform 1 wasn't in a very healthy state - I guess that some
time in the future that might have to be dealt with properly, then
again maybe it's fine and can continue to be patched up so long as it
doesn't need to take the weight of a train or two.


Actually, with the confusion about WLL trains running through to Stratford
via the NLL, there will be a similar confusion with ELL trains using the
South London Line between Old Kent Road and Factory Junction, though of
course the SLL terminology has already been abandoned between Peckham Rye
and Factory Junction, where the line that goes over the top of Brixton
Station is known as the Atlantic Lines, Perhaps the trains should be hauled
by 4-4-2 locos. *;-)

Though from a passenger perspective, there wouldn't really be
confusion - the "South London Line" is the Victoria-London Bridge
service, which would be displaced by ELL phase 2 (and a number of
other factors). Some annoyance seems likely though! Indeed the SLL
name isn't actually used in any pax facing communications from the
railway these days (it's just another of Southern's "Metro" routes in
south London), but the various campaigners certainly use it.

For that matter, I've just remembered about the West London Line
Group, a users group who evidently make use of the WLL name.