Serves me right for not reading it! ApologiesThat was mentioned in the original post
Serves me right for not reading it! ApologiesThat was mentioned in the original post
Interesting wording. We all know this means Hammersmith-Upminster via Latimer Road and King's Cross, but it could also describe Hammersmith-Upminster via Barons Court and King's Cross — especially when it comes right after a description of many other services all via Earl's Court.A special combined District/Hammersmith & City Line service will operate Hammersmith-Upminster via King’s Cross
How would a train start/finish its journey at Hammersmith (District), run empty from Ealing?Interesting wording. We all know this means Hammersmith-Upminster via Latimer Road and King's Cross, but it could also describe Hammersmith-Upminster via Barons Court and King's Cross — especially when it comes right after a description of many other services all via Earl's Court.
I see the subtle difference, if you asked the average Londoner which platform at Hammersmith for Upminister, the standard answer would be District line one adjacent to Piccadilly line platform.How would a train start/finish its journey at Hammersmith (District), run empty from Ealing?
From next Wednesday, 4 August, until Thursday 12 August there will be closures on the lines for essential track replacement work
"It is not a decision we have taken lightly, but this carrying out this vital and safety-critical work in one closure will mean we are able to reduce overall disruption"
Esther Sharples
- Extensive alternatives are available, including numerous high-frequency bus routes in the area and easily accessible walking and cycling options
15 from Aldgate East to Charing Cross station, short walkIs there a direct local bus from Aldgate East to embankment
Thanks15 from Aldgate East to Charing Cross station, short walk
15 from Aldgate East to Charing Cross station, short walk
The question of calling at stations en-route wasn’t mentioned:But it doesn't go past the other closed stations en route.
Is there a direct local bus from Aldgate East to embankment
But it doesn't go past the other closed stations en route.
Except it does - the 15 goes right past Tower Hill, Monument, Cannon St, Mansion House, and within a couple of minutes walk of Blackfriars, Temple and Embankment.
TfL rail replacement bus policy is not to provide rail replacement bus services across Zone 1. Hence District replacement buses starting at Tower Hill and heading east via Canning Town (as low bridge precludes West Ham being served) towards Barking. On days when the District does not reach Tower Hill, but Met and Circle run to Aldgate, then the bus starts from Liverpool Street. The west-end replacement bus services come out of Earls Court and Hammersmith. For as long as I've known it, the policy to not run rail replacement across Zone 1 is based on the multiple other Underground lines and regular bus services serving the area.Yes - I know that calling at intermediate stations wasn't mentioned in the question; but in case people not au fait with the area assumed that a bus from one end to the other would pass them all, I put in what I hoped was a helpful clarification. The western stations, where the bus goes "a couple of minutes' walk" away ... well, if my knee's playing up I can't get up the hill from the embankment (where the stations are) to the bus route in anything like 2 minutes!
I still think, given the normal passenger load on that line at times, that a replacement bus calling at all stations would be helpful.
This comment regarding referencing the appropriate Hammersmith station has been taken on board, and the next notice issued for this type of service pattern, due to operate on a weekend mid-September, will be sent out with revised reference to which Hammersmith station we are referring to. I can't promise that this will follow all the way through to the publicity that customers see, but it will be suitably amended on the Timetable Notice, on which hopefully, much of the information to the public is based.I see the subtle difference, if you asked the average Londoner which platform at Hammersmith for Upminister, the standard answer would be District line one adjacent to Piccadilly line platform.
What this wording doesn’t make very clear is that Upminster trains are starting at other Hammersmith station
The choice of Kings Cross is another bit of bonkers LU speak, as there is no station on LU with that exact name, they are using half the station name (bit like saying via Liverpool, instead of using full name Liverpool street)
No. There no longer exists the ability to reverse trains at Aldgate East with the crossover removed as part of track rationalisation works.I know this is a bit late but during the blockade Aldgate East was close due to staff shortages. Was trains tipped out at Whitechapel and ran empty to Aldgate East?