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Post by jmm on Jun 1, 2011 20:26:39 GMT
In August, Bank Branch will be closed on some weekends.
Why is it?
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Post by jardine01 on Jun 4, 2011 20:38:07 GMT
I don't know for sure but My guess is maybe starting to install TBTC on the bank branch?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jun 6, 2011 11:31:53 GMT
"Engineering work between Euston and Elephant & Castle
13/14 August
27/28/29 August
10/11 September
No service between Camden Town and Kennington via Bank. An enhanced service will operate on the Charing Cross branch. Reduced services will operate Edgware/High Barnet – Camden Town".
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2011 22:28:53 GMT
I don't know for sure but My guess is maybe starting to install TBTC on the bank branch? Track replacement with some TBTC probably piggybacking on it. |
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Post by Ben on Aug 14, 2011 1:30:17 GMT
Both directions? Seems a missed oppertunity. Last time there was serious work on the Bank branch it was done per direction to lessen the inconvenience. When TBTC work starts on the west end branch could this be considered?
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Post by greatkingrat on Aug 16, 2011 17:46:46 GMT
I don't see the advantage of that. It is better to have 3 closures in both directions than 6 closures in one direction.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Aug 16, 2011 19:52:54 GMT
I don't see the advantage of that. It is better to have 3 closures in both directions than 6 closures in one direction. But unidirectional closures allow all the stations to be kept open, so you can, for instance, still go from Angel to Borough, albeit you would need to change at Euston and Kennington to do so. |
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Post by djlynch on Aug 17, 2011 23:29:46 GMT
I don't see the advantage of that. It is better to have 3 closures in both directions than 6 closures in one direction. But unidirectional closures allow all the stations to be kept open, so you can, for instance, still go from Angel to Borough, albeit you would need to change at Euston and Kennington to do so. Where I would worry about more is whether the severely reduced service is enough to handle the demand for it. If, for sake of argument, you can only reasonably expect to fit 30tph through one of the central branches in one direction, then you're most likely looking at 15tph on each branch in the direction where both branches are open. Is half the maximum capacity of a branch really enough to keep stations and trains from becoming dangerously overcrowded when you're trying not only to fit the normal traffic on that branch but the people whose best alternate route involves taking the unidirectional service and changing? |
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Post by sigmanbob on Aug 21, 2011 19:59:56 GMT
there are 3 work sites over the weekend fgor track/sleeper replacement work as far as i know NO TBTC is being done during this closure.
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Post by fleetline on Nov 30, 2011 6:23:02 GMT
Last weekend they managed to keep a 2min service running on the Bank section and it seemed to cope well with 4mins on the Northern branches. However when they lower the service by Highgate it was very busy indeed. Think it was a 6min service and it struggled to cope.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2011 8:03:53 GMT
In was a 3 min on the Bank Branch and 6 mins on the Northen Branchs last weekend not 2/4.
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Post by fleetline on Dec 27, 2011 22:09:15 GMT
In was a 3 min on the Bank Branch and 6 mins on the Northen Branchs last weekend not 2/4. That's not the experience I've had of the Northern that weekend. The Northern doesn't tend to keep to its pattern very well. Quite often see the trains on the High Barnet line bunch up so you get 6-8min gaps off peak. As I use the line at least twice a day, I'm actually speaking from experience than the WTT. |
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