"D7666" wrote in message
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On May 15, 8:19 am, "Peter Masson" wrote:

AIUI the new Thameslink stock is going to be maintained at a new depot at
Hornsey - so the connection will be needed as soon as the new stock
starts
arriving. Not yet, but well before 2018.

I am not sure this is true any longer. But I am not sure where we are
with this particular matter now.

Before stock went to tender that seemed to be the plan - possibly
largely promoted by the incumbent franchisee. Siemens are the
preferred bidder with an all in build and maintain bid. ISTR reading
Three Bridges is their preferred heavy maintenance base rather like
Northam is to the SWT fleet.

Also, think the Hornsey idea was floated around before the idea of
fixed formation 12car EMU came about. Yes the depot is the one place a
12car unit is allowed to be split, but I suggest depot would not
split them for anything other than exceptional work but keep them
coupled. In turn that means depot facilities including lifting full
12car length which I do not recall was in the Hornsey expansion plans.

There has been a definite change in the relative sizes of Hornsey and Three
Bridges, since the objections to the Hornsey depot, but as of September last
year the plans definitely still indicate Hornsey is to be for Thameslink
units.

Harringay council approved it in September, see Table 1 in section 6.2.3 of
the Planning Sub-Committee Report, which compares the before and after
sizes, but it is still 12 car length AFAICT.

http://www.minutes.haringey.gov.uk/m....aspx?ID=22945

Also, Siemens announced that their Project Director - Depots is covering
both sites...

http://www.siemens.co.uk/en/news_pre...oject-team.htm

Paul S