Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
Paul Scott wrote:

Also the track & platform layout is a mess - it's not possible to
have a through service switching between lines that stops at Gospel
Oak.

Expect if through services off Goblin towards WJ ever happen (and it
is in one of the proposals), the bay will be closed and at least one
platform moved onto the westbound through line, possibly platforms
on both lines...

Is it viable to make the through NLL platforms the reversing point for
GOBLIN trains? Whilst I can see a through service happening, I'd be
sceptical if it were for all services.

It would require new viaduct and the desecration of an industrial yard, for
very little benefit, especially since Gospel Oak is the middle of nowhere.
Making the current bay platform a bidirectional through platform (for Goblin
passenger trains only) doesn't look hard form this photo...

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...e=-1&encType=1

That would allow some Goblins to terminate here and some to serve Gospel Oak
on their way to or from Clapham Junction etc.