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[email protected] · July 31st 11, 01:34 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
05:11:03 on Sun, 31 Jul 2011, remarked:
I'm assuming that the Thameslink trains will take over the London
Bridge to Horsham stoppers. What about the other end? If they form
what is now the King's Cross to Cambridge stopper then Meldreth,
Shepreth and Foxton platforms will need to be extended to eight car
length.

The Horsham Cambridge trains are to be 12-car. Only for half the
semi-fast off-peak service calls at stations between Cambridge and
Royston. I expect the hourly Horsham-Cambridge service will take over the
semi-fast services that currently depart KGX at xx.53 (was xx.52 until
May) and CBG at xx.26.

That's only 1tph, and the Horsham line needs 2tph. Where's that other
one going to come from.

The list posted by the OP only had one.

I presume the xx.06 ex KGX and xx.55 ex CBG will remain 4 cars and
continue to call at all stations to Hatfield.

Terminating at Kings Cross?

Yes.

What they will do in the peaks and evenings when all trains call between
Cambridge and Royston I don't know.

All trains, including the fasts?

No, just the semi-fasts. There are two an hour but only one calls at
stations between Royston and Cambridge off-peak. In the peaks and much of
the evening they all call.

Of course, another possible pattern would be the Cambridge-KX fasts
to go to Horsham, with only the hourly Kings Lynn service being IEP
(and terminating at Kings Cross). Plus the stopper as you suggest
above. But then the stopper would be a strange animal, needing some
4-car legacy stock.

Why not?

Would extending the platforms at Shepreth be allowed these days on
the curve?

The plans must be available somewhere - I posted what you might
describe as a list of them, earlier.

Yes, I guess they found a way round any restrictions.

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Colin Rosenstiel