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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2005 20:27:31 GMT
Does TfL still plan on replacing the narrow island platforms at Clapham North and Clapham Common with Angel-style widened platforms on the northbound and new platforms on the southbound?
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Post by greatplum on Sept 12, 2005 10:04:44 GMT
Those platforms are very narrow - I went down there for the first time the other day - are there many other stations like that?
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Post by q8 on Sept 12, 2005 11:13:18 GMT
'The Clapham's' !! ...........Sounds like a new soap opera. All we need now is 'The Ruislips' and we'll be able to get rid of Deadenders.
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Post by piccadillypilot on Sept 12, 2005 12:48:40 GMT
'The Clapham's' !! ...........Sounds like a new soap opera. All we need now is 'The Ruislips' and we'll be able to get rid of Deadenders. It was always said that the underground was a family business. I never realised they were talking about the stations! ;D Apart from those that Q8 mentions there's the Leytons, the Hams (West, East and their son Dagen), the Greens, the Actons, the Gates, the Hounslows and not far from them the Heathrows who have another on the way. |
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Post by Chris M on Sept 12, 2005 15:10:39 GMT
.... the Heathrows who have another on the way. Although few expect them to be any more creative when naming their newest than they were for the last addition to the family! |
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Post by piccadillypilot on Sept 12, 2005 15:44:00 GMT
Although few expect them to be any more creative when naming their newest than they were for the last addition to the family! Quite, but I'm not sure that naming it after the sewage works that was there before would be appreciated by everyone. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2005 11:05:08 GMT
Those platforms are very narrow - I went down there for the first time the other day - are there many other stations like that? No, they're the last two. Clapham Common would be easy to do, because the tunnel is straight - just fill in the southbound platform track, build step-plates on the southbound in both directions and divert the southbound line into a new platform tunnel. You could even pull a Euston and install a facing crossover from the northbound line to the old southbound line - thus allowing trains to run directly into the n/b platform and reverse north if needed. |
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Post by c5 on Sept 14, 2005 20:39:38 GMT
Just leave the southbound platforms just as they are! Anyone thats ridden in the cab of a southbound northern line train will know what im going on about  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2005 5:16:12 GMT
Just leave the southbound platforms just as they are! Anyone thats ridden in the cab of a southbound northern line train will know what im going on about I remember that drivers perk well  |
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Post by q8 on Sept 16, 2005 6:21:36 GMT
There used to be a couple of places elsewhere on other lines. that that driver's perk applied too. But not so direct.
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Post by greatplum on Sept 16, 2005 10:34:11 GMT
What is the driver's perk?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2005 12:46:21 GMT
What is the driver's perk? +1. Knowing this forum it undoubtedly has something to do with what antics the passengers were up to |
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Post by q8 on Sept 16, 2005 13:35:28 GMT
What is the driver's perk?
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Exactly the same perk that bus conductors used to get. ;D
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Post by Phil on Sept 16, 2005 18:09:34 GMT
Thanks Q8- as an ex-(student) conductor I now see what you're on about. Mind you, it was better in the 60s wasn't it?
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Post by graham on Sept 16, 2005 22:33:39 GMT
I'm confused - I got off on the southbound and scoured the platforms but still don't get it. Feeling left out now - might go and cry in the corner.
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Post by Chris M on Sept 17, 2005 0:12:53 GMT
I don't know either (I've never been south of Waterloo on the Northern Line), but I can guess. From other comments here, I think you might need to get yourself a cabride to see it  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2005 6:13:23 GMT
Driver + Cab + Stairs + Female passengers = ?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2005 7:44:34 GMT
Stand at the bottom of the stairs and look up.
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Post by trainopd78 on Sept 17, 2005 8:31:09 GMT
If you had a decent guard, he would wait in the platform for a bit longer than advertised to give the driver a chance to partake in a bit of ornothology. ;D
Must admit, it took longer than I expected for these "perks" to be mentioned. Thought it would have been mentioned days ago. ;D
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Post by markextube on Oct 4, 2005 21:56:01 GMT
Yes there are long term plans to add an extra platform at Clapham Common and re arrange it simliar to Angel
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2005 22:35:54 GMT
But in which direction?
LT wisely chose to widen the southbound platform at Angel, thus allowing massive throngs of people to stand there waiting for trains to Bank and London Bridge; a similar thing was done at Euston, but for different reasons.
At the Claphams, everyone wants to go north, so will they divert the southbound line instead?
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Post by olympic747 on Nov 9, 2005 8:05:02 GMT
What a pleasure it is to join this Forum. Now when i saw the two Claphams, i knew i had to join.
So - tell us more about this plan to have another platform at Clapham Common/North markextube. I know it was thought about when they re-did Angel (same type of station) - but am wondering what or if there are concrete plans to expand capacity at Clapham. Clapham C and N have to close because of the platform congestion; they need rebuilding at least as much as Camden Town (you must understand that in the eyes of transport planners, South London is a place they fly over on their way to Heathrow).
Well there is a parallel platform at Clapham North southbound beyond the grills (the abortive proposed Northern Express route), so the track could be built through there to form another parallel platform at Clapham Commom. I think the two platforms should be given to the Southbound service - with one important provision: Tube trains should have the opportunity of terminating at Clapham Common, then going via sidings to return to the Northbound platform to mop up passengers. Such a system exists at Tooting Broadway - and as Clapham Common is capacity bottlenecked, arguably Clapham Common should get a similar system. After all, Clapham Common was a terminus for 26 years!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2006 10:55:42 GMT
 a picture of Clapham North (March 2004) i think the station is very unique (with Clapham Common) - a C&SLR Style! |
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