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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2005 18:53:30 GMT
Can anyone tell me what decision LUL have reached as to the continuation of the peak through train service to and from Chesham.  |
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Post by c5 on Aug 17, 2005 19:09:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2005 19:23:55 GMT
Thanks for the info C5. Still in the balance till next year I see, but its nice to see LUL are listening to their customers (out there in the fields) ;D
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Post by ikar on Aug 17, 2005 19:27:35 GMT
I think that they'l keep it
Chesham towards Baker Street
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7:19 to Aldgate
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Post by cheshamman on Aug 18, 2005 7:52:26 GMT
I Live in Chesham and find the through services very useful as it saves me changing at Little chalfont amd i dont want Amersham to get our services and i commute every morning at 0719 and pay nearly 4 grand a year on an annual travelcard
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Post by q8 on Aug 18, 2005 8:04:17 GMT
I dunno why they dont have an all day through service to London alternating with Amersham. Amersham is spoilt really in have Chiltern as well as Met to town. It would not hurt to have two Met from the city trains go to Chesham half hourly instead
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2005 8:34:09 GMT
The reason why such a thing wouldn't work is because of the single lead flat junction at Chalfont - a delay on trains coming up from Amersham or Chesham would result in a delay to the other.
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Post by q8 on Aug 18, 2005 9:09:05 GMT
Simple solution to that. Put in a connection at the start of the bend to Chesham so that a train coming off the bracnh can go direct to the southbound/up road. The train going to Chesham could be held at the co-acting entrance signal and wait.
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Post by cheshamman on Aug 18, 2005 10:03:11 GMT
Am i right in thinking when a train comes through from chesham there is about a 15min gap southbound from amersham but northbound is fine infact the two thorugh trains am and pm peak meet each other at chalfont
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Post by ikar on Aug 18, 2005 12:02:03 GMT
Trains to Chesham from Baker Street
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6:15 arrives 7:09
6:45 arrives 7:38
17:14 arrives 18:05 starts from Aldgate 16:56
17:48 arrives 18:39 Starts From Aldgate 17:30
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Post by citysig on Aug 19, 2005 13:35:11 GMT
The decision that was made was always going to be one that would not cost the company either way. To plan extra track costs money.
For any all-day through service, passenger numbers would need to increase by a fair amount.
LU is (sensibly in my opinion) never going to go down the route of offering all-day through services. The consultation was made to offer greater reliability by removing the through services - not the opposite. Through services to a single line will always cause problems. If LU went down that road it wouldn't be many days before the complaints of delays would begin. It's bad enough now with just a handful of through trains. If they are delayed, we hear about it.
Believe it or not, for your 4 grand cheshamman, your direct northbound services normally receive priority over the Uxbridge, Amersham and Watford passengers in terms of rolling stock allocation and junction working.
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