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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 0:55:04 GMT
Hi all - In browsing the 6 month advance track closure PDF, i see that the Bakleroo is suspended at the end of August from Paddington - Elephant and Castle. The very odd thing is that it is suspended from THURSDAY to Sunday. This is very odd. What's going on?
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 9:58:44 GMT
Is this FINALLY the re-instatement of the Piccadilly Circus crossover?
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 10:53:26 GMT
What are the dates? I guess it will be bank holiday weekend for Notting hill carnival
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 11:03:43 GMT
Sorry - It's the Thursday the 27th to Sunday the 30th. Bank Holiday is the following Monday the 31st but the line is OPEN for that. It's just closed for two working days.
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Post by Dstock7080 on May 17, 2009 17:35:24 GMT
I would have care in taking that published list exactly- as this very weekend the District is only supposed to be suspended Embankment-Whitechapel but is actually Earl's Court-Whitechapel !
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Post by astock5000 on May 17, 2009 22:20:11 GMT
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Post by suncloud on May 18, 2009 5:34:52 GMT
The Bakerloo line passes close to the Notting Hill carnival area and probably picks up a fair proportion of those attending that event, so it's probably with that in mind that the service is re-instated for the Bank Holiday in mind. After the Christmas and New Year period, the summer is the next best period for weekday closures as there's no school traffic, and commuting is reduced slightly by those taking family holidays.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2009 11:35:28 GMT
Sorry - It's the Thursday the 27th to Sunday the 30th. Bank Holiday is the following Monday the 31st but the line is OPEN for that. It's just closed for two working days. The Carnival is all weekend, so that is great, close the line when the Carnival is on |
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Post by miztert on May 18, 2009 13:56:18 GMT
The carnival isn't all weekend - it's on Sunday and Monday. Sunday is notionally 'family day', whilst Monday is the main day - however the Sunday has been increasingly popular over recent years with non-family folk who are perhaps looking to get to the carnival on a slightly less hectic day.
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Post by Tom on May 18, 2009 14:25:49 GMT
Is this FINALLY the re-instatement of the Piccadilly Circus crossover? No. As hinted by astock5000 it is probably related to Piccadilly Circus, but as the points haven't been plain lined yet I would be surprised if this closure is for their reinstatement. I have seen some track designs for the crossover, but haven't heard of any dates for doing the work. |
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Post by rrbs on Jun 2, 2009 8:02:37 GMT
Yes this closure is for the reinstatement of 7A points at Piccadilly Circus.
And yes, the line needs to be open for the Carnival on the Monday. Kensal Green gets a fair bit of Carnival related traffc, particularly on the Monday. There is quite a south east London to Carnival demand which the Bakerloo picks up as well, as special express bus routes (436X et al).
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Post by Oracle on Jun 2, 2009 8:45:36 GMT
I can obviously recall the 'scissors' arrangement before it was replaced with SB-NB. Will the new #-over be signalled to allow NB-SB moves empty?
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Post by Tom on Jun 2, 2009 17:06:41 GMT
It already is. BP10 is the wrong road starter NB from the SB plat and BP4 controls the corresponding move NB-SB.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2009 18:17:13 GMT
I can't see it being more than like for like (though better geometry if we are lucky) for a Th - Su block.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2009 11:16:56 GMT
Just found out that the possession is for point replacement work at Piccadilly Circus and rail grinding work.
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Post by Colin on Aug 26, 2009 11:53:57 GMT
Just found out that the possession is for point replacement work at Piccadilly Circus and rail grinding work. If you had read reply#10, posted back in June on this very thread, you would have seen that this isn't new news - we already knew that!! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2009 13:12:31 GMT
Just found out that the possession is for point replacement work at Piccadilly Circus and rail grinding work. If you had read reply#10, posted back in June on this very thread, you would have seen that this isn't new news - we already knew that!! Sorry Colin. Having only seen the crossover in photos, I didn't tweak that 7A points were the crossover. |
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Post by mrfs42 on Aug 26, 2009 16:00:38 GMT
If you're interested, those points have been numbered as 7 since 3/9/39 - the missing crossover the other way was 6.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2009 10:15:27 GMT
I'm standing on the platform at Kenton station now and I've been waiting 15 minutes for any kind of train. Given that the line is closed south of Paddington, and given that I'm paying the same amount of money, should I not be able to expect a much greater frequency than this? From a punter's point of view it's quite appalling.
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Post by andypurk on Aug 28, 2009 16:56:54 GMT
I'm standing on the platform at Kenton station now and I've been waiting 15 minutes for any kind of train. Given that the line is closed south of Paddington, and given that I'm paying the same amount of money, should I not be able to expect a much greater frequency than this? From a punter's point of view it's quite appalling. Sounds quite normal for the Harrow - Queen's Park section  The Bakerloo north of Stonebridge Park should be running its normal frequency (6 per hour off-peak), I think that on top of this Harrow - Paddington service there is also an every 10 min Paddington - Queens Park service, giving a train every 5 mins on that section. |
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