On Jun 27, 6:50*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:31:22 -0700 (PDT), MIG

wrote:
I've noticed recently that the frighteningly wobbly stretch of DLR
from Mudchute to Crossharbour now seems to have a speed restriction,
although it still manages to wobble a surprising amount at very low
speed. *I wonder if an opportunity will be taken during the works that
are about to start to fix whatever the problem is, or whether the
whole line will progressively be progressively reduced to a crawl.

Also, I wonder if this new speed restriction is due to the wobbling
actually having been unsafe, or was just to stop complaints from
alarmed passengers.

Is it not to do with the fact that works are underway at Mudchute to
create a longer siding? *It's fairly typical practice to reduce train
speeds near work sites.

Not sure about that. It must have been a work site while they were
removing the siding, but that was going on for a long time before the
current speed restriction.

However, the nature of the work has changed now that they are
installing the new platform (and extension presumably), so there might
be an explanation involving a particular kind of work.


The other interesting point about this stretch of track is that it is
where the boundary point between the core network and the Lewisham
extension concessionaire area is. *I wonder if something daft has
happened in terms of the track structure / design or the maintenance
process?

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Paul C

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