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Posted by Rail Blue on Fri Oct 29 18:51:21 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by David Fairthorne on Fri Oct 29 00:53:33 2004. Forget 12-car trains on Thameslink (allowing Moorgate to remain open) but divert the crowded Brighton service from Thameslink to the London Bridge terminus, with 12-car trains in peak hours (all platforms are already long enough).Pedantic correction: 9-13 are long enough; 8 and 14-16 can only fit eight cars. In practice, 8 is little used, and 14-16 are mainly (but not exclusively) used for services via Peckham Rye, so to almost all intents and purposes all platforms are long enough. The problem is that this would pretty much leave the Brighton fast trains isolated. They could be diverted hardly anywhere off route. These are the stations trains that long can call at out of London Bridge (LBSC): London Victoria (p1,2,7,9-19) Sutton (not the Downs Platforms), Dorking, Guildford (only p2 (up or dn) and 3 (dn) via any sensible route) Clapham Junction (p12,13 - Brighton Fast Lines) East Croydon (NB not West, and no local stations inward via any route) Oxted, Hurst Green (and no further - it would be a right mess at East Grinstead with the loop and everything!) Purley (but not the branch platforms, or anywhere on the Tat or Cat) (NB also S Croydon and Purley Oaks are too short) Coulsdon S, Merstham, Redhill (NB not Reigate, then the electrification ends) Tonbridge Earlswood (NB not Salfords) Horley, Gatwick, Three Bridges Crawley, Horsham, Arundel Balcombe (up only) Hayward's Heath and all stations to Brighton Lewes (p1,2), Newhaven Marine (which is abandoned), Seaford (which is useless) Polegate, Eastbourne, Bexhill Central, Hastings (p2-4) Hove, Portslade (up only), Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing, Littlehampton (p1,2) Barnham, Bognor Regis (p1-3) Chichester, Havant, Portsmouth & Southsea (through platforms only), Portsmouth Harbour (p3-5) Eastleigh (p2) Southampton Central If you look at the stations missing, it would be horrendous if a 12-car set had to be reassigned. The last 4 cars could be locked if the terminus permitted (which isn't always the case), or there would have to be coupling and uncoupling moves going on in the middle of rush hour. Much better to run more frequent 8 car trains. |
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