D7666 wrote:

the quote from HG Wells ''War Of The Worlds'':

almost invariably

Sigh.

1506 wrote:
On Jul 28, 11:27 am, D7666 wrote:
On Jul 28, 6:16 pm, 1506 wrote:

Do we know if Network Rail has considered converting Waterloo back
into a thru station?

Yeah let’s reinstate every curve there ever was in London -

One assumes you jest. However:

Met line to Liverpool Street main line

Crossrail will do this better.

City Thameslink to Moorgate direct

IMHO, this one has merits. Moorgate would be a much better terminus
for the SE trains that will terminate at the new Blackfriars.

They're terminating at Blackfriars because there won't be enough room for
them through City Thameslink...

On Jul 28, 7:58*pm, asdf wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:22 -0700 (PDT), MIG wrote:
Do we know if Network Rail has considered converting Waterloo back
into a thru station? *One could see Hampton Court and Kingston Loop
trains running thru to the Dartford loop. *Meanwhile operation of
Charing Cross would be simplified. *There would also be economies of
fleet size and reduction in platform utilization.

No thank you. Southeastern has enough delays of its own without importing
more from South West Trains.

Anyway, the spur would probably be haunted by the ghost of South Eastern
Railway director Captain Warren, who was struck and killed by a train when
he was walking on the spur.

If one was gonna run from Hampton Court to Dartford, wouldn't it be
simpler to run via Wandsworth Road etc? *(Or does everything have to
go to Hackney for some reason?)

That would miss out the rather important stops at Waterloo and London
Bridge...-

They have plenty of services to Dartford and are pretty easy to get to
from Hampton Court etc (OK one change for London Bridge).

MIG wrote:
On Jul 28, 7:58 pm, asdf wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:22 -0700 (PDT), MIG wrote:
Do we know if Network Rail has considered converting Waterloo back
into a thru station? One could see Hampton Court and Kingston Loop
trains running thru to the Dartford loop. Meanwhile operation of
Charing Cross would be simplified. There would also be economies
of fleet size and reduction in platform utilization.

No thank you. Southeastern has enough delays of its own without
importing more from South West Trains.

Anyway, the spur would probably be haunted by the ghost of South
Eastern Railway director Captain Warren, who was struck and killed
by a train when he was walking on the spur.

If one was gonna run from Hampton Court to Dartford, wouldn't it be
simpler to run via Wandsworth Road etc? (Or does everything have to
go to Hackney for some reason?)

That would miss out the rather important stops at Waterloo and London
Bridge...-

They have plenty of services to Dartford and are pretty easy to get to
from Hampton Court etc (OK one change for London Bridge).

The evidence presented at the TL2K inquiry stated that 95% of passengers got
on or off in the central area. This suggest that a Hampton to Dartford
service missing London might only have 5% loadings.

John Rowland wrote:

The evidence presented at the TL2K inquiry stated that 95% of passengers got
on or off in the central area. This suggest that a Hampton to Dartford
service missing London might only have 5% loadings.

Have you been taking statistics lessons from Tony Polson? The first
statement doesn't suggest the second at all.
--
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632842.html
(33 027 at Stratford Depot, 9 Jul 1983)

On 29 Jul, 10:25, Chris Tolley wrote:
John Rowland wrote:
The evidence presented at the TL2K inquiry stated that 95% of passengers got
on or off in the central area. This suggest that a Hampton to Dartford
service missing London might only have 5% loadings.

Have you been taking statistics lessons from Tony Polson? The first
statement doesn't suggest the second at all.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632842.html
(33 027 at Stratford Depot, 9 Jul 1983)

In any case, I am no great fan of orbital routes diverting services
away from already overcrowded radial routes (see my rantings about the
ELL), I was just fairly flippantly suggesting that Wandsworth Road
would be a better route if people really need to get from Hampton
Court to Dartford.

It's far more likely that they want to go to Waterloo, but they'll
always be able to do that.

On 29 Jul, 00:29, 1506 wrote:
Met line to Liverpool Street main line

Crossrail will do this better.

Depends which eastern line you were after. Crossrail will relieve the
GEML, but the WAML won't be relieved until the quad tracking (though I
suppose Crossrail could serve it via Stratford, maybe...Heathrow to
Stansted), and even then it will do nothing for the suburban services
via Bethnal Green. I wonder if diverting the H&C trains from Barking
to Enfield and/or Cheshunt via Liverpool Street and then running the
Met to Barking would be worthwhile. It'd free up some suburban
capacity at Liverpool Street if those suburban services became through
trains.

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:42:39 -0700 (PDT), MIG wrote:

Do we know if Network Rail has considered converting Waterloo back
into a thru station? *One could see Hampton Court and Kingston Loop
trains running thru to the Dartford loop. *Meanwhile operation of
Charing Cross would be simplified. *There would also be economies of
fleet size and reduction in platform utilization.

No thank you. Southeastern has enough delays of its own without importing
more from South West Trains.

Anyway, the spur would probably be haunted by the ghost of South Eastern
Railway director Captain Warren, who was struck and killed by a train when
he was walking on the spur.

If one was gonna run from Hampton Court to Dartford, wouldn't it be
simpler to run via Wandsworth Road etc? *(Or does everything have to
go to Hackney for some reason?)

That would miss out the rather important stops at Waterloo and London
Bridge...-

They have plenty of services to Dartford and are pretty easy to get to
from Hampton Court etc (OK one change for London Bridge).

Err, not after you've replaced the Waterloo/Charing Cross services
with the service via Wandsworth Road...

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Jamie Thompson wrote:

On 29 Jul, 00:29, 1506 wrote:
Met line to Liverpool Street main line

Crossrail will do this better.

Depends which eastern line you were after. Crossrail will relieve the
GEML, but the WAML won't be relieved until the quad tracking (though I
suppose Crossrail could serve it via Stratford, maybe...Heathrow to
Stansted), and even then it will do nothing for the suburban services
via Bethnal Green. I wonder if diverting the H&C trains from Barking to
Enfield and/or Cheshunt via Liverpool Street and then running the Met to
Barking would be worthwhile.

Or vice versa, with the Met going to Enfield and Cheshunt, and the H&C
carrying on to Barking.

I was thinking that the A stock would be a bit more suitable for the more
widely-spaced stations of the West Anglia, but all this would happen with
S stock anyway, i suppose. In which case it doesn't make a lot of
difference, and the H&C's connections in the west (ie Paddington) are
probably more useful.

It'd free up some suburban capacity at Liverpool Street if those
suburban services became through trains.

Yes. It's a rather good idea. Not sure quite how you'd build the link,
though.

tom

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