15 minute frequency on the WLL

A recent talk to LURS revealed pfm1 is in a very poor state, too bad to use.

So they are going to use "the Cambridge solution" on pfm2. (splitting it in two somehow).

Ah, I was just about to ask on a different thread why platform 1 is not in use.

Will this mean the Southern service to Watford Junction via CJ will be axed to make up the slot, or in addition?

Platform 1 was derelict before the electrification of Latchmere curve, if I remember correctly.

I remember travelling on the WLL back in the 1980s (pre-electrification, when it used a motley assortment of heritage DMUs and loco-hauled EMUs) when it only ran as far as Olympia - and even then only during the peak hours. I'm pretty sure it only ever used platform 2 and that platform 1 was in about the same state it's in today.

And there could be more capacity added to LO if the up platform loop at Olympia were restored. There is also the opportunity to extend the 25kV wiring south to Shepherd's Bush after the H&C is resignalled in 2013, which will speed up LO and Southern services by as much as 3-4 minutes.

Yes,I suspect I'm remembering from when I was using that line to get to school (1976-81),when it was both platforms,double-track and diesel locos,and comparing it with today,and assuming all the changes happened at once.
I now seem to remember (don't laugh) but I DO seem to remember that P1 was initially taken out of service to make room for plant rooms,the thinking was that P2 could handle the then service (4 trains per day,M-F).Presumably the decay set in around then?The plant rooms are still there,and are visible in yesterday's Quiz photo.

Will the second hourly Southern service reach Milton Keynes (as well as Croydon)?

Also, what is the position regarding intercity calls at Watford Junction (especially Manchester trains)?

Is there a plan to stop more inter-city trains at Watford in the future?

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In brief, I think it's a shame when they rebuilt Watford Junction that they severed the former through platforms on the west of the station. these could have been re-purposed to offer a pair of northbound fast lines with the current lines as a pair of southbound ones. That way more trains could stop without consuming valuable paths.

Even better, and without needing HS2 in the picture, would be to realign the lines south of Hanslope Junction as Fast-Slow-Slow-Fast, enabling a Watford Junction mainline layout of:

• Platform 6
  
• Down Fast
  
• Down Loop
  
• Down Slow
  
• Platform 7
  
• Platform 8
  
• Down Terminal Slow
  
• Up Terminal Slow
  
• Platform 9
  
• Platform 10
  
• Up Slow
  
• Up Loop
  
• Up Fast
  
• Platform 11
  

...as then you would be able to share the loops with the slow lines.

...of course, once HS2 removes the need for so many non-stop services to run on the fast lines the need to move between the fast and slow lines to maximise capacity for suburban services will become even more important.
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