"Basil Jet" wrote:
On 2010\11\25 18:21, Mizter T wrote:
"Paul Corfield" wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:27:42 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:
Anyone know what the plans are for the remaining parts of the
moorgate line are? Will LU take them over eventually?
I thought something had been said in Modern Railways about the remaining
alignment (net of any incursions by Crossrail or Thameslink works) was
being considered as potential stabling sidings for LUL use. I might be
imagining it though!
I don't think you are, though I don't think I've ever read or heard
anything solid about it. From a layman's point of view it'd seems like a
decent location for some sidings.
Given the value of land in the area, it's a decent location for pretty
much anything but sidings. [...]
I disagree - this is a two-track width railway bed in a cutting next to an
operational two-track railway, and the cutting is surrounded by buildings
already. I'm not trying to suggest that there couldn't be various clever
ways of fitting in some development into this space, but it's a rather
constrained linear location (/locations) which is hardly ideal for
development.
[...] There's a disused bay platform at Liverpool Street behind shutters,
so there can't be much need for extra track in the area..
AIUI the issue w.r.t. the new S-stock trains is that they're going to be too
long for several of the present stabling sidings that exist on the
sub-surface railway. I'm not sure if the bay platform at Liverpool Street
would be workable, and I rather doubt that it alone would satisfy the
apparent need.