Would they have? Or is this just a case of "they hypothetically could have, if there was capacity on the line to/from Dalmeny for the reversals and drivers all knew the line to Dalmeny"?Shame the EGIP electrification did not include the line to Dalmeny. Diesel units would have used that diversion, reversing at Dalmeny, but the new electric trains are just stuck.
No doubt the reversals would interfere with trains to/from the bridge, and the complaints at that point would be "shame the EGIP didn't include the Almond/Dalmeny* chord".Shame the EGIP electrification did not include the line to Dalmeny. Diesel units would have used that diversion, reversing at Dalmeny, but the new electric trains are just stuck.
They pretty much always did - IIRC the usual emergency plan for a problem between Winchburgh & Haymarket was E&G every 30 mins via Dalmeny, SDA chucking out at Polmont, tram back from Haymarket for Edinburgh Park. Whether that would happen for this particular disruption or whether it would just be a case of cranking the points & buses to Bathgate is a different questionWould they have? Or is this just a case of "they hypothetically could have, if there was capacity on the line to/from Dalmeny for the reversals and drivers all knew the line to Dalmeny"?
They pretty much always did - IIRC the usual emergency plan for a problem between Winchburgh & Haymarket was E&G every 30 mins via Dalmeny, SDA chucking out at Polmont, tram back from Haymarket for Edinburgh Park. Whether that would happen for this particular disruption or whether it would just be a case of cranking the points & buses to Bathgate is a different question
Via Shotts to Holytown, Mossend, Gartcosh, Springburn and on into Queen St High Level where the passengers will be? No idea what the journey time would be on that!Maybe the new strategic plan should be to send the E&Gs
Perhaps the new strategic plan should be to route the E&Gs by the nice new Shotts route.to Glasgow Central.
We certainly need a plan.
do E&G drivers sign that route as well?Via Shotts to Holytown, Mossend, Gartcosh, Springburn and on into Queen St High Level where the passengers will be? No idea what the journey time would be on that!
do E&G drivers sign that route as well?
Yes, they were. I think it was GBRf drivers doing the conducting.Didn't Inverness and Aberdeen services have to be routed conducted to Glasgow Central when they went there for the Queen Street High Level Blockade?
Route Conductors (for drivers and guards) were from DB Cargo, boarding and alighting at Cumbernauld.Yes, they were. I think it was GBRf drivers doing the conducting.
Thanks for the correction - I remembered that they were wearing a FOC jacket, but obviously didn't remember the right one.Route Conductors (for drivers and guards) were from DB Cargo, boarding and alighting at Cumbernauld.
It will probably depend on capacity issues at either end of the route, might cause a problem reducing it if you're presenting trains earlier at West Calder and Uddingston Jns.
Glasgow’s CBD is expanding to the west and south of Central ie. further away from Queen Street. For example, Barclays recently announced it was building a huge new HQ in Tradeston where 5000 staff will be based. Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Clydesdale Bank, HMRC are all building or seeking new HQs west of Central. The remaining gap sites for office development are further west towards the Kingston Bridge.
Replacing which other services on the Partick/Hyndland section?Does this mean the Shotts trains should be through-routed to the Argyle line to serve these areas? Even if that would mean a slower journey to Central?
that has to be the plan otherwise a waste of money doing platform extension works?so hopefully Scotrail will run 6 coaches during the peaks.
After investing so much on the Shotts route It would be disappointing if there was no improvement in journey times and frequency. Altnabreac’s suggestion of 2tph end to end semi fasts and 1tph local stoppers at either end sounds ideal.
that has to be the plan otherwise a waste of money doing platform extension works?
That is a good idea in principle but also doubles the frequency in the busier areas such as Midcalder Jn-Haymarket and Bellshill-Central
That's seriously pie-in-the-sky, because the only things you could divert that way are 2tph Dalmuir to Whifflet. Maybe that would take pressure off the route via Dalmarnock and Rutherglen Junctions, but does absolutely nothing east of Cambuslang.