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Post by towerman on Jul 31, 2015 12:36:58 GMT
Has all the track remodelling for the SSR project been done?
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Post by superteacher on Jul 31, 2015 12:42:14 GMT
Has all the track remodelling for the SSR project been done? No, there is loads to do yet. |
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Post by towerman on Jul 31, 2015 15:20:25 GMT
Any idea what new reversing points are planned & if any existing ones are going to be removed?
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Post by Chris M on Jul 31, 2015 15:22:38 GMT
There have been recent threads discussing the Putney Bridge reversing point and the points that allow District line trains to head west from platform 2 at Gloucester Road.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jul 31, 2015 16:22:36 GMT
Any idea what new reversing points are planned & if any existing ones are going to be removed? Regarding the District Line only, before the contract with Thales has even been signed, the current plans are: to be removed: Hornchurch; crossover (Jan 16) Dagenham East; siding East Ham; crossover Bromley-by-Bow; crossover (Oct 15) Aldgate East; crossover Mansion House; bay Embankment; crossover South Kensington; crossover Gloucester Road; WB 228 crossover (delayed from July 15) High Street Kensington; access from pfm.4 to WB, Parsons Green; access from EB platform to 21-22Rd Parsons Green; access from WB platform to 23-24Rd Putney Bridge; bay (complete) Putney Bridge; crossover Putney Bridge; current WB platform East Putney; crossover West Kensington; crossover (to be moved further west) Acton Town; direct access to 26 siding (Feb 2016) Ealing Broadway; sidings (Oct/Nov 15) some of these are to be replaced with new facilities: Barking; access from pfm.2 to WB Tower Hill; bay to become connected to EB road - allowing reversal and through running both directions. Embankment/Westminster; new diamond crossover Earl's Court; EB Wimbledon to pfm.1 High Street Kensington; complete renewal of pointwork, easing of curves Parsons Green; new diamond crossover west of station Putney Bridge; bay to become WB platform, no reversing |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 16:45:28 GMT
That never-used small siding at King's Cross St. Pancras that was built to hold wagons which would have carried away spoil from works at the station has been removed. I'm pretty sure the plans are to replace the trailing crossover to the east with a scissors crossover (to the west, I think).
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jul 31, 2015 16:55:00 GMT
That never-used small siding at King's Cross St. Pancras that was built to hold wagons which would have carried away spoil from works at the station has been removed. I'm pretty sure the plans are to replace the trailing crossover to the east with a scissors crossover (to the west, I think). Where was that, precisely? Do you mean the old west-facing bay platform (on the course of the original eastbound line before 1941) ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 18:00:39 GMT
That never-used small siding at King's Cross St. Pancras that was built to hold wagons which would have carried away spoil from works at the station has been removed. I'm pretty sure the plans are to replace the trailing crossover to the east with a scissors crossover (to the west, I think). Where was that, precisely? Do you mean the old west-facing bay platform (on the course of the original eastbound line before 1941) ? Possibly? That's the only way I've ever heard it described, but the one MoreToJack mentions here. It's still marked on carto.metro in black. A short track extending from between platforms 1 & 2 to the W/B. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 20:39:48 GMT
What sort of progress has been made on this front?
The last time I was at Gloucester Road (that'd be 01/10) number 228 crossover was still in place. But I hear number 5 crossover has been removed at Bromley-by-Bow, is this correct? (Relatedly, what happens with the semi-auto signals at Bromley-by-Bow, do they remain semi-auto, passable only with authority, or is there some other arrangement?)
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Post by Dstock7080 on Oct 20, 2015 20:57:55 GMT
Gloucester Rd 228 was delayed because of the Industrial Action and is still used.
Bromley-by-Bow was indeed removed and signals remain as semi-automatic.
Major work starts at Ealing Broadway this weekend to remove connections to the sidings, hopefully giving a smoother ride from Monday 2 November.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 20:42:02 GMT
... Dagenham East; siding ... What will happen to trains terminating at Dagenham East in the bay, will these be extended to Upminster, or cut short to Barking? (If this has even been decided yet) |
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Post by Dstock7080 on Oct 22, 2015 21:09:04 GMT
What will happen to trains terminating at Dagenham East in the bay, will these be extended to Upminster, or cut short to Barking? (If this has even been decided yet) Dagenham East bay and siding are two separate things, the bay will still be retained for reversing trains. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 21:34:54 GMT
What will happen to trains terminating at Dagenham East in the bay, will these be extended to Upminster, or cut short to Barking? (If this has even been decided yet) Dagenham East bay and siding are two separate things, the bay will still be retained for reversing trains. Ah of course, I've only ever seen a train there once so forgot it was there! |
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