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On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:30:27 +0100
Eric wrote: On 2017-02-23, d wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:51:38 -0600 wrote: I'm sure that clearance issues were very much on TfL's minds. Rightly so as things are turning out with the 700s for Thameslink. Both initial trips north of Hitchin, to Peterborough and Cambridge, came to grief with lost shoes AIUI due to high ballast shoulders, in the Cambridge case at Foxton on the return journey. Why would Thameslink trains be sent up the ECML and cambridge line? Weren't there enough free slots to test on the MML? We should probably frame this one. Such a lovely demonstration of ignorance. Sorry if I have better things to do than keep up to date with the expansion of every UK train service that I don't use. -- Spud |
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In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote: On 2017\02\24 11:01, David Walters wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:26:04 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:51:38 -0600 wrote: I'm sure that clearance issues were very much on TfL's minds. Rightly so as things are turning out with the 700s for Thameslink. Both initial trips north of Hitchin, to Peterborough and Cambridge, came to grief with lost shoes AIUI due to high ballast shoulders, in the Cambridge case at Foxton on the return journey. Why would Thameslink trains be sent up the ECML and cambridge line? Weren't there enough free slots to test on the MML? Part of the Thameslink Project includes direct services on the ECML through Thameslink such as between Cambridge and Brighton and Peterborough and Horsham. The (closed) timetable consultation is at http://www.thameslinkrailway.com/you...e-consultation I believe the junction is not functional yet, so they will have been sent via WLL and North London Incline (the Gospel Oak Harringay route being unelectrified). Seems a bit premature to me... did they need to know the Foxton ballast is a bit high so long before the services run? Wouldn't a diesel-hauled gauging train with polystyrene shoes be better at this stage? My understanding is that the Canal Tunnel route between Belle Isle and SPILL is now open. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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I've just walked past Leyton Midland Road station. The
boarding has been removed in readiness for the re-opening. The station gate is still shut but the electric timetable display is working again; today, of course, giving times for the replacement buses. |
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On 2017\02\26 01:03, wrote:
In article , (Robin9) wrote: I've just walked past Leyton Midland Road station. The boarding has been removed in readiness for the re-opening. The station gate is still shut but the electric timetable display is working again; today, of course, giving times for the So I can assume the line will be back in service by March 11th? It should be open this Monday! Still diesel, obviously. |
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The trains are running again. They're not as crowded as before
but I'm sure that will change within a week! At my local station the ticket barriers were open, with staff standing around to deal with problems but not to check if I had a ticket. I strolled through without being accosted! There was also a Community Support presence. Three officers travelled on my train but I didn't see any reason for it. |
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Robin9 wrote:
The trains are running again. They're not as crowded as before but I'm sure that will change within a week! At my local station the ticket barriers were open, with staff standing around to deal with problems but not to check if I had a ticket. I strolled through without being accosted! There was also a Community Support presence. Three officers travelled on my train but I didn't see any reason for it. Seems a sensible move to me. Send the officers out to get to know how things have changed and re-familiarize themselves with the environment under benign conditions so that when they are needed for more serious incidents they are prepared for it better. Robin |
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On 2017\02\27 16:09, Robin9 wrote:
The trains are running again. They're not as crowded as before but I'm sure that will change within a week! Failure to produce a new tube map showing it open won't have helped! |
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