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Journey by Journey / Thames Valley Branches / Re: Marlow line electrification
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on: June 19, 2016, 11:26:25
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My understanding was / is that there's a road just behind the buffer stops - on the level - so extension by a carriage length or two towards High Wycombe is impractical at sensible price. And that the branch turns so sharply away that moving the Marlow point out by a carriage length (with implications on other land) isn't straightforward either. I suspect that re-arranging the alignment so that Bourne End became s single platform, with a loop at Cookham, would allow for a 30 minute service but would still be 3 car limited. Removing the reversal by moving Bourne End station to the non-existent side of the triangle would probably upset a few people with post houses, and be see as a retrograde step in the campaign to get back to High Wycombe.
Its been a while since I wandered around trackside at Bourne End, you will be suppressed just how much space there is to move the Marlow line turn out South. The current layout is the victim of the 1970's closure than a fully planed layout, the used to be a Bay platform for the Marlow services when the line ran through to Wycombe, although the land the bay occupied has been sold. Potentially to operate the TV branches some 2 car EMU▸ could be purchased, although I don't think that would be the favoured option by the TOC▸ Is SDO▸ not an option for Marlow, rather than an expensive platform extension? I assume that the 387s or other new emus have SDO? |
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Journey by Journey / Transport for London / Re: Congestion for the Langley Station area
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on: July 03, 2015, 19:56:04
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I norticed that my local MP▸ has raised concerns about the additional railway traffic generated by moving the depot on Twitter.
Very generic statment considering most empty coaching stock moves are early in the morning or late at night when there is less passenger traffic on the railway anyway. Unlike FGW▸ the service pattern for HEX is fairly constant through the day requiring minimal trips in and out of the depot during peak hours. Separating the HEX and FGW depots should also reduce some of the congestion that does happen late at night, often seen a number of FGW and HEX units queing up to get into old oak common along the carriage rception lines.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: How many stations have you used in the past 2 months?
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on: January 27, 2015, 16:33:13
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17 in the last two months, here is my list:
Egham, Addlestone, Weybridge, Datchet, Reading, Stonehouse, Langley, Slough, Windsor & E C, Windsor & E R, Heathrow T5, Heathrow CTA▸ , Paddington, Waterloo, London Euston, Edinburgh Waverley & Coventry.
I do use the train most days to and from work, but that's only 2 of the above, the other 15 have all been for leisure.
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