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08:35:20 on Sun, 19 Oct 2008, D7666 remarked:
I'll also add the comment it ain't called Thameslink 2000 any
more .... it is Thameslink Project.

Thameslink 2012 seems like the best name for it.
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Roland Perry

Maybe Thameslink 2013, just to be on the safe side!

MaxB

Roland Perry wrote:

The L_A_P platform looked pretty much finished when I trundled through
last week. More than you can say for EM Parkway.

The TLP inauguration was marked by a ceremony at LTN, so it's offically
taken just shy of a year to build them (only minor works outstanding
now). Then again, the % of that year actually involving work (minute for
minute) is rather small, and in all likelihood only red tape would
prevent the extensions from coming into use anytime before the Winter
08/09 service, seeing as it should take nowhere near as long as 8 weeks
to complete the outstanding tasks.

In uk.railway Sky Rider wrote:
You can also add the Herne Hill siding and Luton Airport Parkway/Mill
Hill Broadway platform extensions to your list...

And the concrete trough between Gasworks and Copenhagen tunnels built as
part of the CTRL works to connect the ECML to SPILL.

And clearance for the new stabling sidings at Cambridge (not sure if that's
Thameslink or just somewhere to put the '1300' carriages).

Theo

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(Theo Markettos) wrote:

In uk.railway Sky Rider wrote:
You can also add the Herne Hill siding and Luton Airport
Parkway/Mill Hill Broadway platform extensions to your list...

And the concrete trough between Gasworks and Copenhagen tunnels built
as part of the CTRL works to connect the ECML to SPILL.

And clearance for the new stabling sidings at Cambridge (not sure if
that's Thameslink or just somewhere to put the '1300' carriages).

We're waiting for them to relay and electrify those sidings but I don;t
think they are part of the TLP. The extension of platform 1 for 12 cars
strictly isn't part of the programme either but it's complete in practice.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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(Theo Markettos) wrote:

In uk.railway Sky Rider wrote:
You can also add the Herne Hill siding and Luton Airport
Parkway/Mill Hill Broadway platform extensions to your list...

And the concrete trough between Gasworks and Copenhagen tunnels built
as part of the CTRL works to connect the ECML to SPILL.

And clearance for the new stabling sidings at Cambridge (not sure if
that's Thameslink or just somewhere to put the '1300' carriages).

We're waiting for them to relay and electrify those sidings but I don;t
think they are part of the TLP. The extension of platform 1 for 12 cars
strictly isn't part of the programme either but it's complete in practice.


There are a few bits in the Greater Anglia RUS which, although not giving
much away, suggest it is for train lengthening on the WA route to Liverpool
St. Perhaps ready for the 30 new 4 car trains for the route...

Paul

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(Paul Scott) wrote:

There are a few bits in the Greater Anglia RUS which, although not
giving much away, suggest it is for train lengthening on the WA
route to Liverpool St. Perhaps ready for the 30 new 4 car trains
for the route...

The Cambridge island platform is entirely down to 12-car trains on WA.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Oct 19, 2:26*pm, Sky Rider wrote:
Rupert Candy wrote:
They've started piling at the southern end of Blackfriars railway bridge (by the old bridge supports) - presumably
for the second river crossing

Not exactly. It's being used for structural inspections between June 23
and December:http://www.pla.co.uk/notice2mariners...lag/2/id/3053/

Ah, not quite as concrete as I thought then!

You can also add the Herne Hill siding and Luton Airport Parkway/Mill
Hill Broadway platform extensions to your list...

Yes, I pass the Herne Hill siding every day so I'd overlooked that.
Though it remains to be seen whether that will be used for the KO0
timetable.

On Oct 19, 11:04*am, Rupert Candy wrote:
Like many on these groups, I try not to believe any transport project
is actually happening "until they start digging". *So, having been
away for a week or so, I was gratified to notice several signs that
"Thameslink 2000" (or whatever they're calling it these days) might
actually happen. *They've started piling at the southern end of
Blackfriars railway bridge (by the old bridge supports) - presumably
for the second river crossing - and there are hoardings at Farringdon
by the north end footbridge, though no signs of actual construction
yet. *I also noticed a stripy eye-catching "Thameslink Project"
information stand at Moorgate - currently empty, but presumably will
soon hold "You're not getting any Thameslink trains any more"
leaflets...

I think that you naive attitude to how a project is implemented then.
Now wonder there are many scew ups when people think that all that is
involved in implementing a project is to "dig holes".
Of course you can cut corners and just face the consequences when it
all goes belly up.

Kevin

On Oct 20, 11:56*am, Kev wrote:
On Oct 19, 11:04*am, Rupert Candy wrote:

Like many on these groups, I try not to believe any transport project
is actually happening "until they start digging". *So, having been
away for a week or so, I was gratified to notice several signs that
"Thameslink 2000" (or whatever they're calling it these days) might
actually happen. *They've started piling at the southern end of
Blackfriars railway bridge (by the old bridge supports) - presumably
for the second river crossing - and there are hoardings at Farringdon
by the north end footbridge, though no signs of actual construction
yet. *I also noticed a stripy eye-catching "Thameslink Project"
information stand at Moorgate - currently empty, but presumably will
soon hold "You're not getting any Thameslink trains any more"
leaflets...

I think that you naive attitude to how a project is implemented then.
Now wonder there are many scew ups when people think that all that is
involved in implementing a project is to "dig holes".

With respect, I think it's your interpretation of my original post
that's naive. By 'dig holes' I meant 'tangible signs of actual
construction' as opposed to 'meaningless Government/Evening Standard
spin about Crossrail getting green light'. Clearer?

(apologies for lack of snipping, posted from mobile phone)

Kev wrote:
On Oct 19, 11:04 am, Rupert Candy wrote:
Like many on these groups, I try not to believe any transport project
is actually happening "until they start digging". So, having been
away for a week or so, I was gratified to notice several signs that
"Thameslink 2000" (or whatever they're calling it these days) might
actually happen. They've started piling at the southern end of
Blackfriars railway bridge (by the old bridge supports) - presumably
for the second river crossing - and there are hoardings at Farringdon
by the north end footbridge, though no signs of actual construction
yet. I also noticed a stripy eye-catching "Thameslink Project"
information stand at Moorgate - currently empty, but presumably will
soon hold "You're not getting any Thameslink trains any more"
leaflets...

I think that you naive attitude to how a project is implemented then.
Now wonder there are many scew ups when people think that all that is
involved in implementing a project is to "dig holes".
Of course you can cut corners and just face the consequences when it
all goes belly up.

But if you spend forever planning, nothing even happens. Though no doubt
the people of Leeds and Gosport will be laughing when the major cities
of France and Spain sink into a hell brought about by their so-hasty
construction of all those tram projects....

Once holes are being dug there is a chance something might actually
happen. Important though it may be, while we are still at the stage of
assessing the impact of the project on the one-legged Welsh lesbian
community, or re-announcing the same project to the local papers for the
eighth time, things seem a very long way off.

A while ago I was talking to someone who was involved in designing
stations for Crossrail. Can they dust-off the models of the previous
plan in the museum at Acton depot, I asked. "Models, what models?"

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK