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Posted by Fytton on Tue Sep 12 11:58:44 2006, in response to Re: London Overground, posted by Rail Blue on Tue Sep 12 11:45:39 2006. "It's not exactly like they're short of tracks at Kentish Town - aren't there three (?four) Slow Lines, two of which are reversible? And even if Kentish Town had been a pain, Moorgate would've worked."The two easternmost tracks are the ones into the Thameslink tunnel; the Gospel Oak line would trail into these. The next two tracks are slow lines into St Pancras, not usually used now that no slow trains go there. They are used when the Thameslink through route is blocked and Thameslink trains from the north terminate there. Using them to terminate a regular 2 tph (or better) service from Gospel Oak would lead to conflicting movements across the Thameslink trains. The westernmost pair are the main tracks into St Pancras, used by MML trains; they have no platforms at Kentish Town, and never have had, since they were originally the freight tracks into St Pancras Goods Station (now the British Library!). Moorgate *would* work. But would anyone use those trains? There are quicker routes to the City from most of the places served by the Goblin line. |
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