London Banter - Crossrail Pudding Mill Lane Portal

"Mizter T" wrote in message
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[x-posted to uk.transport.london]

On Jul 12, 5:53 pm, Finlay MacIver wrote:
On the Crossrail site there is an information sheet headed 'Crossrail
construction begins on Pudding Mill Lane'.

In the second paragraph there are these words. "Enabling works will be
followed by the construction of the portal and two new bridges over the
City Mill River to accommodate Crossrail and DLR lines".

Does anyone know or can explain how the DLR are involved here and
whether this will involve any disruption or blockade to the DLR.

The pair of lines heading down to the Crossrail portal will be between the
up and down slow lines into Liverpool St, ie a grade separated junction
(diveunder) and the new portal will be built between the two operational NR
slow lines. So basically the DLR has to move well south to make room for
the existing up slow track to be slewed to the south by something more than
two track widths, that's assuming vertical walls to the cutting.

I think a new DLR station is included as well, there is some detailed stuff
about it on the Crossrail site, but unless you've got bags of time I
wouldn't recommend trying to navigate your way round it, that site is
absolutely useless IMHO...

You would hope the new DLR track (or tracks?) will be completed first so
that they can divert to the new route once and for all over a single fairly
short possession...

Paul S