Luckily the ones I use (from Faversham) are unaffected, but I can see a lot of people are going to be unhappy about this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-15798371
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-15798371
Luckily the ones I use (from Faversham) are unaffected, but I can see a lot of people are going to be unhappy about this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-15798371
Will St Pancras' three HS1 domestic platforms cope ?
As for the platforms, surely if they run as single units, they could double up in platforms anyway?
Will St Pancras' three HS1 domestic platforms cope ?
The problem was that the platforms were too low.
They spent a million and something installing wooden platforms to raise the level. Why a few bits of wood cost so much I have no idea.
I thought the above meant by number of trains per hour, not design...
This is news? :roll:
How the heck did the BBC think an Olympic Javelin shuttle service could be run? This has been known about for about 4 or 5 years, possibly longer.
The media took exactly the same tack with the recent 'news' about Straftford International's platforms being altered for the games. I reckon that was about 4 years old news as well...
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Should do, they did a load of live testing a while back didn't they? Presumably the BBC completley missed that...
This is news? :roll:
How the heck did the BBC think an Olympic Javelin shuttle service could be run? This has been known about for about 4 or 5 years, possibly longer.
The media took exactly the same tack with the recent 'news' about Straftford International's platforms being altered for the games. I reckon that was about 4 years old news as well...
plenty of things around the country are being cut back to provide (additional) resources for the Olympics (not just railway things either).
I was wondering when this announcements was going to reach the press.
What will be the Javelin shuttle frequency between St Pancras and Stratford International ? And what will be the service frequency between Faversham / Ashford to St Pancras ?
Will St Pancras' three HS1 domestic platforms cope ?
I was wondering when this announcements was going to reach the press.
What will be the Javelin shuttle frequency between St Pancras and Stratford International ? And what will be the service frequency between Faversham / Ashford to St Pancras ?
Will St Pancras' three HS1 domestic platforms cope ?
I don't get the big deal personally
Train services in the busiest commuter area in the country dramatically cut back; no, no big deal at all.
I hope they bring back the fasts from Ashford to London via Tonbridge for a bit then
They wouldn't, that would give the public a chance to see just how much the old routes were anihalated to make HS1 look good!
Agreed.
I'm sure we've known about this for years - plenty of things around the country are being cut back to provide (additional) resources for the Olympics (not just railway things either).
I'm not sure what that's got to do with anything.
Losing high-speed services was always always part of the Olympics deal.
Not stopping at stations around Greenwich and Woolwich, however, wasn't.
http://853blog.com/2011/11/18/olympic-timetable-no-southeastern-refund-for-reduced-services/
Odd isn't it, that two years ago it was being suggested that HS2 domestics were a white elephant and no-one would ever use them - especially because no-one will ever want to go to St Pancras...
You only just found that out now? I heard that in spring in Today's Railways UK. TBF to them though there is no other way they could provide for increased demand and maintain services.
I must admit that before they started I was guitly of thinking the HS trains were a bit of a waste of time...at least on the North Kent Line. But now I use them more than I thought I would. I find it more convenient to go to/from St. Pancras sometimes, plus it tends to be less busy in the rush hour than Victoria
They should probably have ordered additional units.... Especially once the service appeared to be reasonably succesful, then they could have delayed the introduction of the "Phase 2" service till after the games and avoided this PR trouble.
Plus wed get more destinations in the South East going via HS1, possibly even Hastings.
On another peripherally related point: Do Cl395s run doubled up under normal circumstances? ie. could you double the number of destinations from teh same number of paths by splitting every train at Ashford without reducing seats to each destination.
On another peripherally related point: Do Cl395s run doubled up under normal circumstances? ie. could you double the number of destinations from teh same number of paths by splitting every train at Ashford without reducing seats to each destination.