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Post by alholmes on Feb 24, 2024 19:04:30 GMT
According to the TfL status page, there’s a rail replacement bus for the night tube this weekend, numbered N30, running Action Town - Heathrow T5 (via T4 and cargo area). But what’s unusual is that the service status page states that it costs £2 and that Oyster is not accepted. Bit unusual when the standard London bus fare is £1.75. Presumably the service has been contracted to an operator from outside London, who doesn’t have capability to accept Oyster. But unusual for a rail replacement that it’s registered as a separate bus route and charging fares.
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Post by alholmes on Jan 1, 2023 16:05:09 GMT
Greater Anglia and Eliz Line passengers will be used to this blockade - it’s been very common at weekends over the last few years and it’s been a continuous closure this year from 24 December till 2 January.
I’ve no knowledge of how payments between Network Rail, Greater Anglia and TfL work, but from a passengers perspective it’s a fairly slick operation. Gates are open at Newbury Park station and there’s always plenty of buses and plenty of staff, so usually the transfer to buses is quick and easy. At Ingatestone all trains arrive and depart in the down platform which is step-free from the car-park where the buses set down and pick up. I’ve never seen a ticket inspection for the buses.
Occasionally, the GA service has run from Essex to Shenfield, but the replacement buses still run to/from Ingatestone as it has a large car park. In those instances, people have to transfer from the up platform to buses at Ingatestone via the footbridge. GA then also provide an accessible bus to transport passengers that require assistance from the up side platform to the main car park on the down side, where the buses to Newbury Park depart from.
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Post by alholmes on Sept 2, 2022 14:45:22 GMT
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Post by alholmes on Feb 2, 2022 21:05:53 GMT
I’ve read in another forum that a replacement transformer is required, and delivery will not be until April. Until it’s installed there’s a limit on how many trains can be in the section west of Poplar / West India Quay. Temporary timetable being developed, possibly for introduction from next week.
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Post by alholmes on Nov 4, 2021 19:05:53 GMT
According to TfL’s website, it’s closed Sunday morning only until 8am.
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Post by alholmes on Oct 19, 2021 0:20:16 GMT
13 April 1991 was a Saturday, and if there were no engineering works that day then train 221 would have operated all day between Hammersmith and Whitechapel. At the time the H&C only operated beyond Whitechapel to and from Barking in peak hours and at start and end of day for stabling at Barking.
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Post by alholmes on Sept 17, 2019 18:53:41 GMT
I vaguely remember there was a similar closure of the southbound between Moorgate and Kennington when similar works were done at London Bridge.
I can’t recall the service pattern then, but that would be a useful starting point.
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Post by alholmes on Feb 8, 2018 14:09:32 GMT
Very interesting article on the London Reconnections site today, which covers contingency plans for the Heathrow / Hayes & Harlington issues.
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Post by alholmes on Dec 18, 2017 20:51:27 GMT
What date was the final day that the A stock worked? I saw it on the 8th, so looks as though it was between 8th and 14th.
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Post by alholmes on Nov 16, 2017 17:44:08 GMT
There are no plans to double track between Bow Curch and Pudding Mill Lane - as you say, insufficient space. The intention is to double track from PML to Stratford, although I suspect it’s been hit by funding constraints.
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Post by alholmes on Sept 15, 2017 17:20:23 GMT
The last train on the old Up Electric alignment is the 21.14 from Shenfield (Stratford 21.49) to Liverpool Street on Friday 15th September. After this time, and throughout Saturday, TfL Rail trains reverse at Stratford. On Sunday, they use the Main Lines
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Post by alholmes on Jul 29, 2017 18:10:13 GMT
Would be more helpful if it was made clear on the map that trains from Stratford via Bow Church only run to/from Canary Wharf for most of the time. It's only alternate trains in the morning peak, Monday to Friday, which run to/from Lewisham.
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Post by alholmes on Apr 16, 2017 19:49:29 GMT
Half-hourly Amersham - Northwood via Watford. Half-hourly Chesham - Northwood via Watford. From approx. 12.30, half-hourly Amersham - Harrow platform 2, via fast lines. From approx. 12.30, half-hourly Marylebone - Aylesbury, via fast lines (before 12.30, hourly Amersham-Aylesbury)
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Post by alholmes on Apr 16, 2017 13:06:38 GMT
Surprised to see a couple of class 66 locos on the NB Met Fast at Northwick Park. I thought that the contract with GBRf had finished last year.
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Post by alholmes on Mar 28, 2017 18:39:19 GMT
I recall travelling on a Class 313 from Hitchin to Moorgate in June 1977. It was an excursion train advertised through the local paper, for people going to London for the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations, and was also the first electric passenger service from Hitchin - the first 312s between Royston & Kings Cross didn't start till September 1977.
So it's nearly 40 years since that excursion - I think calling it a railtour is stretching things - but now the electrified network is much larger so how could we convince GTR to operate a farewell tour next year, and how far up the ECML could it go?
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Post by alholmes on Feb 22, 2017 22:34:39 GMT
T104 was D stock this morning - 7037/7526
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Post by alholmes on Jan 27, 2017 23:03:37 GMT
The weekly travel information email that TfL sent out on Thursday morning (26th Jan) for the forthcoming weekend states "There is no service between Gospel Oak and Barking until late February."
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Post by alholmes on Jan 22, 2017 21:22:57 GMT
The Sunday timetable has, for many years, been based on only 2-tracks available between Liverpool Steeet and Shenfield, instead of 4-tracks. The omission of the Maryland stop is simply to speed up the service slightly so that the following Greater Anglia train doesn't get unnecessarily delayed.
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Post by alholmes on Jan 8, 2017 9:06:14 GMT
Whole Line signalling Upgrade and 2009 Stock traction package upgrade:
Sat 15/Sun 16 April: Modified Saturday service following Good Friday. Night Tube. No service Walthamstow Central - Brixton after 04.00 Sunday - buses Walthamstow-Highbury-Angel; Victoria-Brixton Mon 17 April: No service Walthamstow Central - Brixton before 10.00 Monday - buses Walthamstow-Highbury-Angel; Victoria-Brixton.
Sun 21 May new Working Timetable WTT41 36tph MF peak service and extended 30tph operation on Saturdays Interesting RR bus services. We don't usually get buses beyond Manor House / Finsbury Park from the north end. Thankfully someone has appreciated that linking to Highbury is now important because of the Overground services. Another interesting point about the rail replacement buses after 04.00 Sunday morning is that they terminate at Angel, which is not a part of the Night Tube network. Appreciate that people from further up the line can change to the Piccadilly Night Tube at Finsbury Park, and that there are other buses from Angel to central London, but it seems an odd place to terminate a rail replacement service for the few hours of Night Tube operation.
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Post by alholmes on Dec 24, 2016 18:27:36 GMT
The North Curve sees regular use on New Years Day now. There's a regular 20-minute service each way between 5am and 11am as the Amersham/Chesham service is combined with the Watford service for a few hours in the morning.
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Post by alholmes on Dec 6, 2016 23:34:39 GMT
It's not departed Old Dalby yet - should have left two hours ago.
I notice there's an identical path in RTT in a couple of days time, arriving Ilford at 11.11 on Friday morning.
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Post by alholmes on Dec 4, 2016 9:50:26 GMT
Arrives Ilford on Wednesday. Journey starts from Old Dalby on Tuesday.
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Post by alholmes on Nov 14, 2016 13:43:43 GMT
I saw it running around the Met today (unit 5110) - definitely sounds like it has some flats.
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Post by alholmes on Sept 21, 2016 14:00:59 GMT
I've noticed recently that the LO unit for the Romford-Upminster shuttle now comes from Chingford instead of Ilford. Usually starts from Chingford late the previous evening, stabling overnight at either Liverpool Street or Romford.
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Post by alholmes on Aug 12, 2015 19:46:44 GMT
Don't know all the details but I've just looked at Journey Planner from my local station, Bow Church.
Monday-Friday peak increased from 10 trains per hour to 15 tph (every 4 mins) Monday-Friday midday off-peak increased from 10 tph to 12 tph (every 5 mins) Monday- Friday evening increased from 6 tph to 8 tph (every 7-8 mins)
I've never known a 4-minute frequency on the Stratford route - be interesting to see how reliable it is with the single track stretches.
Also on the Stratford route through Bow-Church, Saturday / Sunday is currently 6 tph (every 10 mins). Service frequency will be increased at busy times below, unchanged early morning / evening. Saturday increased to 12 tph 09:00-21:00 Sunday increased to 12 tph 10:00-19:00
Looks as though the Beckton-West Ham service is discontinued, to be replaced by a Beckton-Canning Town service at certain times to supplement the Beckton-Tower Gateway service. So the losers are Star Lane and Abbey Road, and still only a 10 minute frequency to Stratford International.
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Post by alholmes on May 31, 2015 19:54:54 GMT
Looking at the tracks south of Hackney Downs, the points there only allow transfer of Seven Sisters trains onto the Mainline tracks, and not vice versa. The only points that allow Chingford trains to move onto the slow tracks is the one also used by Cambridge and Stansted services just prior to Bethnal Green NR, where all West Anglia trains merge, less than gracefully, onto the bottleneck of bottlenecks, a single pair of track. Thus, an entire new set of points and thorough re-signaling will be required to have Chingford trains leave the mainline just south of Hackney Downs to stop at London Fields and Cambridge Heath and I have no idea how you could possibly do a diver-under under any normal budgetary conditions given the dense development either side and the nature of the viaduct. Maybe it is possible, but I can see why there are zero plans right now.
But if you look immediately north of Hackney Downs, you'll see that it's possible for Chingford trains to access the platforms to/from Seven Sisters, and thus serve London Fields and Cambridge Heath.
Don't know if it's true of the new timetable, but in the previous timetable there was always an engineer's possession of the 'fast' lines between Bethnal Green and Hackney Downs for about 3 hours around midday a couple of days a week (either Tue/Wed or Wed/Thur, I cannot recall exactly). So all trains, including the Lea Valley line services and Stansted Express ran through the platforms at Cambridge Heath and London Fields.
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Post by alholmes on May 31, 2015 19:15:36 GMT
Surprised that the tube map doesn't include any mention of the restricted operating hours for Romford - Upminster (and Emerson park station) when it does for the Waterloo & City line.
Copies of the map in the leaflet racks at Euston Square this evening.
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Post by alholmes on Apr 17, 2014 5:44:43 GMT
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Post by alholmes on Mar 13, 2014 21:40:40 GMT
There's a lengthy closure of the DLR between Bow Church and Stratford in April, so it looks as though the old Pudding Mill Lane station closes at the end of traffic on Thursday 17th April, with the new station (and new double-track alignment) opening on Monday 28th April.
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Post by alholmes on Jun 23, 2013 8:49:32 GMT
At Fairfield Road the Central Line runs beneath the main Great Eastern line. The Old Ford emergency access / ventilation shaft is squeezed between Wick Lane and the A12 near the bridge where the GE mainline crosses the A12. It was through this shaft that the flooding of the Central Line occurred just before the Olympics, when Thames Water were doing some repairs on Wick Lane.
There's no real need for a Central Line station there. The District from Bow Road is a good alternative, and there are plenty of buses (25/205/425) along Bow Road, or the 8 along Roman Road.
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