Five month W&C closure

I take it this work will involve the removal of all NSE branding such as the logos on the platform edges?

Oh well all the NSE feels would have gone.

The kids of the next generation won't call it the drain i guess?

I find the W&C has character at the moment ok it's cr*p but hey .

I'll take a trip down there before it closes.

Cheers
James

It will be a nightmare. Has anyone ever been on the W&C at 17.30 on a weekday - DON'T - IT IS NOT ADVISED

And most of the W&C passengers will end up on the District :
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Why? Quickest way is Waterloo - London Bridge - Bank.

Those 487 units were just fab, they didn't stop bouncing the whole way. Did anyone else here ever visit Waterloo signal cabin? That line may have been short but it had lots of character.

London Bridge to Bank in the morning peak can sometimes be close to unbearable. You have all the passengers from south of London Bridge going to Bank and all of the Main Line passengers going north of Bank for that little section. If it's not raining then I'd go to London Bridge and walk.

Brcause it's not Metronet's decision. Ultimately it's the Treasury's and we know what their view on spending money on transport infrastructure is.

(Note that I'm not arguing against the idea.)

In an ideal world I would see the line turned into one parallel somewhat to the Central, with its own tunnels but running just south of the Central line (although meeting at Bank is inevitable obviously). Perhaps running from, say, Earls Court to Whitechapel? (I don't know really, just picking stations out of my head). Since Crossrail is not going to happen until 2173 we really need a new West-East line, the Central is packed even on Sundays in the central section when I've been down there!

But, alas, it again comes down to money. Well, the Government will be smacked in the face when it doesn't have the transport infrastructure come 2012, hopefully.

/rant

I still think the line would be far more useful if it were connected to the Piccadilly Line's Aldwych branch, with a behind-barrier link from that station to Temple DR. Then you would have a two-pronged service to Aldwych and Bank, with the possibility of a peak-hour single-line extension to Holborn Platform 5.

Well, the W&C is a project I'm involved in (doing the CAD and some limited Signalling Design). Trying to do anything with the line as it is is difficult enough, all these suggestions would make a good horror story though ;D

When they refurbish the trains, it looks like they will have to do it on site, as the ground above is not structually strong enough to hold a crane, unless they spend a lot of £££ on putting beams and lots of concreate in.

We shall see what happens

How do we know they are gonna paint 'em. They may use Vynils?

Which is why I saw a document a couple of weeks ago all about how the trains will be removed by crane for refurbishment off site. I would be very surprised if the ground has deteriorated so much since 1993 that it can't support a crane any more.

Yup. Some of that work such as the installation of CCTV really does require the trains to be sent away. Plus, the works to the depot also need the trains out of the way too.

Anyone got an idea for the dates when the carriages are to be lifted out? Probably when I'm at school