THAMESLINK services to Kent and Sussex routes 2018

Barn · 26 Jun 2017

ijmad said:
Guess they've decided they can cross 4tph in front of the Cannon Street ups.. good luck?

I'm not moaning, because I benefit from 2 of those 4tph, but this criss-crossing really does seem to be contrary to the main aim of building a whacking great flyover there in the first place.

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swt_passenger · 26 Jun 2017

louis97 said:
Note that the 2tph towards New Cross don't have to cross the trains from the Greenwich line, they can crossover parallel with them. The plan is to make use of this for these services from what I've seen.

Although note it is also possible for the trains towards New Cross to go directly onto the Down Kent Fast via Line 4 all the way to New Cross without conflicting with anything coming from the platform lines at New Cross.

You must get a real feeling of deja vu with your helpful posts. If only people would read the thread...

Here's a similar reply from page 3: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=2598762&postcount=34

ijmad · 26 Jun 2017

swt_passenger said:
I thought it was mentioned in the first few days this thread was running?

Thanks. It's sometimes hard to read and hold the entire content of a 30 page thread in one's mind when only a casual level railfan. :oops:

Ianno87 · 26 Jun 2017

louis97 said:
Note that the 2tph towards New Cross don't have to cross the trains from the Greenwich line, they can crossover parallel with them. The plan is to make use of this for these services from what I've seen.

Although note it is also possible for the trains towards New Cross to go directly onto the Down Kent Fast via Line 4 all the way to New Cross without conflicting with anything coming from the platform lines at New Cross.

For trains coming from Greenwich/New Cross to Thameslink, the Southwark Reversible dive under only avoids conflicts with Down services from Thameslink towards Sussex.

Platform lines at New Cross to Thameslink can only be done in parallel with something from Thameslink to Greenwich or back to the platform lines at New Cross, not from Thameslink directly to the Fast Lines.

louis97 · 26 Jun 2017

Ianno87 said:
For trains coming from Greenwich/New Cross to Thameslink, the Southwark Reversible dive under only avoids conflicts with Down services from Thameslink towards Sussex.

Platform lines at New Cross to Thameslink can only be done in parallel with something from Thameslink to Greenwich or back to the platform lines at New Cross, not from Thameslink directly to the Fast Lines.

This is correct, I was specifically replying to ijmad regarding the down Thameslink services crossing Up Cannon Street services and the options available in that case.

swt_passenger said:
You must get a real feeling of deja vu with your helpful posts. If only people would read the thread...

Here's a similar reply from page 3: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=2598762&postcount=34

Well spotted!

Trainspotter74 · 1 Jul 2017

Heard some people complaining that journey times were up to 30% slower into London for stations between St Albans and Bedford but looking at the proposed timetable and comparing it to the old one I cannot see this. It still seems to take 22 mins from STA to STP and approx an hour from Bedford.

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