Post by sawb on Apr 9, 2014 20:28:44 GMT
I realise this has the potential to overlap with the thread from 2012 "Shenfield tracks into the city", and may be better off in RIPAS, but here goes.
1) Most off peak Southend trains (and I believe all in the evening peak?) currently run via platform 5 at Shenfield. Will this still be the case once Crossrail opens?
2) Let's assume you would have to run all down Greater Anglia trains via platform 3 at Shenfield.
a) Could you achieve the desired journey time of 90 minutes Norwich to London based on the current timetable of 1 Braintree, 1 Clacton, 1 Colchester Town, 1 Ipswich and 3 Southends per hour if everything was going through platform 3, or would you have to use the bi-directional signalling of platforms 1 and/or 2, or even cut/reduce services?
b) Brooks Newmark, MP for Braintree, wants to see a half hourly service for Braintree by introducing a passing loop at Cressing. If Norwich90 was implemented, could you send either or both through to London?
1) Most off peak Southend trains (and I believe all in the evening peak?) currently run via platform 5 at Shenfield. Will this still be the case once Crossrail opens?
2) Let's assume you would have to run all down Greater Anglia trains via platform 3 at Shenfield.
a) Could you achieve the desired journey time of 90 minutes Norwich to London based on the current timetable of 1 Braintree, 1 Clacton, 1 Colchester Town, 1 Ipswich and 3 Southends per hour if everything was going through platform 3, or would you have to use the bi-directional signalling of platforms 1 and/or 2, or even cut/reduce services?
b) Brooks Newmark, MP for Braintree, wants to see a half hourly service for Braintree by introducing a passing loop at Cressing. If Norwich90 was implemented, could you send either or both through to London?
