Barking Riverside Extension

[Dstock7080]

Final span of viaduct over Choats Road lifted in during road closure Easter weekend, road remains closed during deck installation:

[rincew1nd]

¡OLÉ!

[spsmiler]

The track reminds me of some of some brands of model railway track where the sleeper base is solid plastic and also includes a representation of ballast

[brigham]

Apr 3, 2022 9:36:24 GMT spsmiler said:

The track reminds me of some of some brands of model railway track where the sleeper base is solid plastic and also includes a representation of ballast

Tri-ang, pre-series 3!

[spsmiler]

Apr 4, 2022 8:15:45 GMT brigham said:

Apr 3, 2022 9:36:24 GMT spsmiler said:

The track reminds me of some of some brands of model railway track where the sleeper base is solid plastic and also includes a representation of ballast

Tri-ang, pre-series 3!

I only knew Super 4 and newer

I had some of the German brands in mind.

[joshua]

What will the line speed be on the Barking Riverside extension?

[spsmiler]

A tweet containing a nice (albeit short) video from the back of a test train departing from Riverside station

twitter.com/ no07neil/status/1529478539594145795

[goldenarrow]

Apr 10, 2022 16:39:14 GMT joshua said:

What will the line speed be on the Barking Riverside extension?

40mph on the main stretch IIRC

[Dstock7080]

Quote today:

Opening of Capital’s newest station confirmed
The summer of major milestones continues with Barking Riverside becoming the capital’s newest railway station this summer.
We’ve been able to bring forward the launch of London Overground services to Barking Riverside following good progress being made in the completion of the station commissioning and testing stages.

Barking Riverside adds to London’s growing number of step-free stations – helping to make the capital a more accessible city for everyone.
The extension will drastically cut journey times from Barking to Barking Riverside, which currently takes around 25 minutes by bus.

Operating four trains per hour, it will take just seven minutes to travel from Barking Riverside to Barking with easy interchange to both the District and Hammersmith & City lines into central London and c2c services.

Eagle-eyed readers may’ve already noticed Barking Riverside station appear on the Tube map for the first time in May, while local residents can already see trains running between Barking and Barking Riverside while route testing and driver training takes place.

[Colin]

Hardly much of a newsworthy announcement though.

Where’s the actual opening date? Without that it’s just a load of pointless words about nothing in particular!

[Chris L]

Jun 13, 2022 18:35:55 GMT Colin said:

Hardly much of a newsworthy announcement though.

Where’s the actual opening date? Without that it’s just a load of pointless words about nothing in particular!

Presumably waiting for ORR final approval.

[spsmiler]

we are being spoilt, three openings in less than a year!!

(long may it continue)

[Chris M]

Passing through Bank station today, the recorded announcements described London Overground as part suspended between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside. The rainbow board at London Bridge showed the suspension as just Gospel Oak to Barking.

[Dstock7080]

Press release from TfL:
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2022/july/barking-riverside-station-to-open-18-july

The new 4.5km stretch of railway will connect the new development of Barking Riverside to Barking town centre in seven minutes
The extension of London Overground to a brand-new station at the heart of Barking Riverside will open to customers in one week (Monday 18 July) providing new quicker, easier and sustainable journey options to this key regeneration area.

[spsmiler]

Just reviewed my 'video footage library' and discovered that I dont have footage of the 710s using the bay platform at Barking - when I tried to film it the trains were using platforms 7/8.

Must try to rectify this tomorrow (Friday). Hopefully I'm not too late!

[Chris L]

The press event planned for later today has been cancelled.

[norbitonflyer]

TfL website says the whole line is currently suspended because of a signal failure at Walhtamstow Queens Road. Not a good start

[spsmiler]

oh boy, what a day ....

Yes I went to the new Riverside station, I had a very long wait for a train at Barking as one was cancelled (altho' it later did arrive - at platform 1 !!!) but eventually I got there.

I filmed the train I arrived on as it departed from the station and my plan was to film the next train arriving.

But there was no 'next' train; or rather (to be pedantic) the next three trains were shown on the passenger information displays as being 'on time' but instead of actually showing up an automated announcement said that they had been cancelled ... and then we were told by station staff that the service was being suspended and to avoid being stranded at a station in the midst of a building site we should catch a bus to Barking.

As it happens, the bus on route EL1 took me all the way to Ilford (where I was going), but I had wanted a lovely air-conditioned London Overground train to Wansted Park & then a lovely air-conditioned Elizabeth line train to Ilford - not a hot double deck bus on a route that includes speed humps. BTW, it was a NRM type of bus with opening windows and stairway handrails so warm that they were only just about safe to touch and metal edged step treads that burnt the back of one of my lower legs when I briefly touched it.

Photos to come, hopefully later this evening.

[spsmiler]

Twitter link to two tweets with four photographs each (one set of images was only published in the Railway Community at Twitter)



twitter.com/citytransportin/status/ 1549155190728757248

[rsdworker]

i noticed barking station platform 1 is now closed so what plans for that platform like reuse for emergencies or change to new uses like stabling area?

[andypurk]

Jul 24, 2022 13:08:06 GMT rsdworker said:

i noticed barking station platform 1 is now closed so what plans for that platform like reuse for emergencies or change to new uses like stabling area?

It's not completely closed and is still used by an empty stock working in the early morning (04:26 Willesden TMD - Barking Platform 1(Rev) - Woodgrange Park(Rev) - Barking Riverside.) presumably to keep route knowledge up to date in case access to the new line is unavailable.

[metman]

I would imagine that the old platform would be a useful bolt hole for a defective train too.

[spsmiler]

I thought that the platform is still needed as it has the only mobility lift at the station and the underpass below the platforms (which is accessed via ramps) creates a fully accessible walking route to all the other platforms.

[andypurk]

Jul 25, 2022 13:11:50 GMT spsmiler said:

I thought that the platform is still needed as it has the only mobility lift at the station and the underpass below the platforms (which is accessed via ramps) creates a fully accessible walking route to all the other platforms.

The District line side (platform 2) is still in use. However, access to the lift doesn't actually need the platform to be 'live', an example of this would be a disused westbound platform at Caledonian Road and Barnesbury which is used for access to the footbridge.

[spsmiler]

Jul 26, 2022 21:14:42 GMT andypurk said:

The District line side (platform 2) is still in use. However, access to the lift doesn't actually need the platform to be 'live', an example of this would be a disused westbound platform at Caledonian Road and Barnesbury which is used for access to the footbridge.

Yes thats always an option, and of course for all but eastbound District line passengers sealing off both platform edges would not make any difference - as access to the underpass (via the ramps) is what is important.

I suspect that eastbound District line passengers would be 'very unhappy' were all trains to stop opening their doors on the left. Especially as the announcements on the trains expressly tell passengers who want mobility access to alight via the doors on the left.

By way of contrast Hammersmith & City line passengers do not benefit from this option as these trains end their journeys here and never open their doors on the left side.

[aslefshrugged]

Platform 1 was in use today as all London Overground services were terminating at Barking

[t697]

Jul 26, 2022 21:14:42 GMT andypurk said:

The District line side (platform 2) is still in use.

The District line side of that platform is actually designated 1a.  Platform 2 is on the right hand side of the same District line track and platform 3 is the LUL bay road platform.

[spsmiler]

Jul 27, 2022 16:52:43 GMT aslefshrugged said:

Platform 1 was in use today as all London Overground services were terminating at Barking

Maybe because of the train strike?

[spsmiler]

This film on YouTube may be of interest. It required two visits as the first time I was there the service fell over, so I had to return another day.

[stapler]

Travelled on the line yesterday; I thought it was all a bit surreal. Magnificent but deserted terminus; a giant greenhouse in the hot sun, the windbreak glass on the platform totally unnecessary. A wasteland between the LTS line and the river.
Still, quite good to traverse the connections to the Goblin at the London end of Barking, which I think I last did in 1958 on a Southend Central- Walthamstow Mid return excursion behind a 2P and a rake of LMS coaches!