Basil Jet wrote on 08 July 2011
14:34:20 ...
On 2011\07\08 14:12, Northolt Park Gates wrote:
On Jul 8, 1:40 am, Basil wrote:
It turns out that for Saturday and Sunday, the District Line is shut
from West Kensington to Ealing / Richmond, and the North London Line is
shut from Willesden to Richmond. Since these three services are the only
three serving the Chiswick Park / Gunnersbury area, I'm wondering if it
was necessary to shut all three at the same time, when no track or
structure is used by more than two.

Could be that all three services share the same metals at some point?

I just said that they don't. They could conceivably share the same power
section, although it would be very poor design if they did.

Your concern about our transport services in Chiswick is appreciated,
BJ! Presumably the District/Piccadilly closure is for track
replacement, as there are still many sections of old track in this area,
especially on the District.

But why do they need to close the NLL so soon after about 2 years of
weekend closures? I thought that the section north of South Acton had
been completely refurbished/renewed, so perhaps it's something that
Network Rail are doing at the Richmond end. In which case why not run
the NLL to and from South Acton? I've asked TfL for an explanation.
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Richard J.
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