Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 22:43:38 GMT
What will the service patterns be for Crossrail?
From what I can see, it makes sense to just run Heathrow-Abbey wood and Reading-Shenfield, this would/ could make timetabling to be much simpler and allow for more trains however, I feel whoever the operators are will overcomplicate the timetables and make it so:
Out of the two Heathrow T5 trains, one will go to Abbey Wood and the other to Shenfield
For T4, 2 will go to Abbey Wood and the other two to Shenfield
The Reading branch is where it becomes more complicated as trains terminate at Reading, Maidenhead and West Drayton but would it not make more sense to remove National Rail stopping services as far as Reading and allow for Crossrail trains to travel the whole distance from Reading- Shenfield rather than having 14 of those terminate at Paddington and other following stations. These stations (especially Paddington) seem to be simple island platform stations so when trains terminate at Paddington and they need to manually close all doors, could this not slow the service down for a through train behind it?
Generally, although I know that Crossrail isn't supposed to be a very frequent route, I feel demand will quickly prove itself to be too great and something will need to be done, but does anyone know why nothing is being done from the start to avoid the situation altogether. Whitechapel, Paddington and Hayes and Harlington stations would likely be able to cope with passengers changing between branches so it isn't a similar story to the Northern Line at Camden Town.
Sorry for such a long winded question but if you have any information to help, that would be appreciated, thanks.
From what I can see, it makes sense to just run Heathrow-Abbey wood and Reading-Shenfield, this would/ could make timetabling to be much simpler and allow for more trains however, I feel whoever the operators are will overcomplicate the timetables and make it so:
Out of the two Heathrow T5 trains, one will go to Abbey Wood and the other to Shenfield
For T4, 2 will go to Abbey Wood and the other two to Shenfield
The Reading branch is where it becomes more complicated as trains terminate at Reading, Maidenhead and West Drayton but would it not make more sense to remove National Rail stopping services as far as Reading and allow for Crossrail trains to travel the whole distance from Reading- Shenfield rather than having 14 of those terminate at Paddington and other following stations. These stations (especially Paddington) seem to be simple island platform stations so when trains terminate at Paddington and they need to manually close all doors, could this not slow the service down for a through train behind it?
Generally, although I know that Crossrail isn't supposed to be a very frequent route, I feel demand will quickly prove itself to be too great and something will need to be done, but does anyone know why nothing is being done from the start to avoid the situation altogether. Whitechapel, Paddington and Hayes and Harlington stations would likely be able to cope with passengers changing between branches so it isn't a similar story to the Northern Line at Camden Town.
Sorry for such a long winded question but if you have any information to help, that would be appreciated, thanks.
