Thread: Why are Chiltern's London services crap?
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Old August 28th 16, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by e27002 aurora View Post
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:48:24 +0100, Guy Gorton
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On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:49:45 +0100, e27002 aurora
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:21:31 +0100, Guy Gorton
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 03:13:55 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Oh, and you can't have Blind Lane box back, it's has a new "forever home".

Rob.

Glad to hear that! I have often looked hard for any sign of its
former existence, but there is nothing left.

Guy Gorton

Blind Lane signal box is, appropriately enough, now at Rothley, on the
preserved GCR section.

According to Network Rail's Draft West Midlands and Chilterns Route
Study there are plans to run Chiltern Trains from Old Common to the
West Midlands by way of a four track section from Northolt Junction.
Actually the study says from Denham. But Northolt to West Ruislip is
already multi track. So it would be wise to have four Network Rail
tracks from Northolt.

IMHO it would make sense for an OOC to Snow Hill service to call at
West Ruislip, High Wycombe, Princes Risborough and station to Snow
Hill.

Meanwhile services from Marylebone on the old GCGW could run all
stations to Aylesbury with some trains turning back at Gerard Cross
and Prices Risborough. The interchanges at Sudbury Hill (with the
Piccadilly Line) and West Ruislip (with the Central Line) should be
greatly improved.

And what about the existing fast service to Snow Hill, first stop
Banbury? Your idea of all-stations stoppers would make a nonsense of
the 100mph investment.

Guy,

It is intended to be a four track mainline. The fasts to Birmingham
would use the fast pair. The stopping service to Aylesbury, and
Milton Keynes would use the slow pair.
A four track mainline? How many trains a day will run
on it? And carrying how many passengers? The Chiltern
trains I've seen are three coaches long!

Since the privatisation of the railways, it seems no-one
any longer cares about track and signalling costs and cares
even less about who is paying for them.
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