On Apr 26, 4:05 pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:
Also, how much need is there for freights either to overtake passenger
trains, or to be recessed on the Through Line awaiting a path elsewhere? I
would have thought that the occasions when the ability to recess two
freights at the same time would be sufficiently infrequent that restoring a
second through line is unnecessary. After all, even when ELLX is extended to
Clapham Junction it will still be possible to recess freights to or from
South Eastern Lines between Latchmere and Culver Road Junctions.

With WLL paths being as scarce as they are I can't imagine that
increasing frequency over lengthening would be preferred. After all,
increasing lengths requires expensive platform lengthening, but
increasing paths requires either inconveniently infrequent advancement
in signalling technology or horrifically expensive new tracks. That
said, I can't help but agree that there would be ample room for an 8-
car on the southbound. We'll just have to wait until LO patronage
requires 12-cars before we have problems