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Posted by Fytton on Tue Mar 15 07:05:25 2005, in response to Re: London news, posted by Rail Blue on Tue Mar 15 04:57:23 2005. "And 4-tracking through Borough Market Junction.""Without Thameslink 2000 or something similar, that may not be strictly necessary, but there could be some operational simplification in that the fast and slow tracks could be kept separate. The limiting factor is not so much the viaduct but the platform capacity of Charing Cross and London Bridge stations. Overcrowding on the South Eastern could be alleviated by completing the suburban platform lengthening to 12 cars and actually running 12 car trains." "Even without sending the trains to the Great Northern, there is spare terminal capacity at Blackfriars. The problem is that Blackfriars is a bit of a middle-of-nowhere station." That's not the only problem. If Thameslink 2000 isn't done, trains proceeding from London Bridge to Blackfriars still have the flat junction at Metropolitan Junction, so that Blackfriars-bound trains cross trains coming out of Charing Cross on the level. |
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