London Banter - View Single Post - Planned engineering work between Acton Town and Hammersmith this weekend

[email protected] · January 7th 13, 12:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Recliner) wrote:

Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
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I wonder if reversing capacity at Acton Town was limited, hence the
decision to terminate some of the shuttles at Northfields?

That was the claim which I find hard to credit given how long the waits
were for trains at Northfields and Acton Town. The signalling didn't
appear to allow reversal in platforms and the PIS was non-existent
unless you could hear the announcements.

It doesn't. All moves have to go via the sidings.

As the District would have been taking one for the EBY service, the
Piccadilly only had two available and one of those would have to be
available for Rayners Lane trains, leaving one for trains from
Heathrow.

Would it be possible for pax to stay on board during the trip through the
sidings? That would save them having to cross via the bridge.

Also, a more revolutionary thought, given how many pax would have wanted
to do what Colin's family did, would it be possible to run a special Picc
service from Heathrow to Ealing Bdy via Action Town, including an
in-service reversal? That would help a lot of pax (including those wanting
the Rayners Lane branch, who could change at Ealing Common), and would
minimise pax over-crowding and bridge crossing at Acton Town.

Now you're being far too clever!

It does surprise me that the signalling doesn't allow reversal in the
platforms, given that Acton Works (as was) and Ealing Common Depot are
adjacent.

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Colin Rosenstiel