On Dec 30, 6:10*pm, asdf wrote:
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:50:05 -0000, Peter Smyth wrote:
I was just thinking that Hackney Central might be a good place to
terminate trains from the GEML, routing them via Stratford, while
Liverpool Street is closed. But of course, there are still works at
Shenfield that mean they can't even get to Stratford.

And it wouldn't really be a very good idea anyway.

Fenchurch Street would be a better idea (using the connection from
Stratford). But even with over a year to organise it, it hasn't
happened.

The problem with that is Fenchurch Street only has 4 platforms so
doesn't have the capacity to take One trains as well as the c2c
trains.

Come on! How many platforms at Fenchurch St does the C2C service
require at this time of year? Two?

c2c are running a normal offpeak service (8tph) but with fewer peak trains.
The other problem is that the link between Stratford and Fenchurch Street is
only single track.

Though the single track presumably has a capacity greater than 0tph.-

And Fenchurch Street manages about 20 tph in the peaks. But maybe One
trains can't cope without a three-hour layover to remove the coffee
cups.

However, I can't really see that a diversion to Fenchurch Street
(probably slow) gives many advantages over a change to the Central
Line. It's annoyingly disconnected if you don't happen to work next
door and I bet you could get to Tower Hill quicker via Central and
Mile End.