| Re: NLL Camden Road work package reduced |
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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: Jamie ThompsonJamie Thompson Date: Sep 16, 2008 14:25
Thought I posted this earlier but it doesn't seem to have
appearred.....
On 16 Sep, 18:55, "Paul Scott" btinternet.com> wrote:> somersetchris wrote:
>> Not quadrupling through Camden Rd will create a very nasty pinch
>> point. As soon as trains get west of Camden Rd they are effectively on
>> four track anyway (2 via Gospel Oak and 2 via Primrose Hill). With it
>> also effectively going to be 4 tracks east of Dalston (2 to New Cross
>> and 2 to Stratford) what is needed is 4 tracks between Dalston and
>> Camden Rd. This is going to remove a lot of pathways for freight and
>> non LOROL trains from the NLL.
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> There would still have been a 2 track junction (pinch point) at the west end
> of Camden Rd anyway.
Given the works to be/being performed to enlarge the Hampstead tunnel
and bridges on the Gospel Oak routes to enable more freight to reach
the WCML without crossing the GEML or using the NLL, could the NLL not
have effectively become a two track railway from Stratford to Gospel
Oak (all OLE), with the ELL being a segregated (all DC) two track
railway from Dalston to Queens Park/Watford? (ignoring the Bakerloo
reextension) All that would have been required is for the pinch point
to the west of Camden Road that was to remain in the original works to
be upgraded by widening the viaduct for 10-odd metres or so, and a
crossover would have enabled any remaining NLL freight to access
Primrose Hill as required. Said freight wouldn't have dedicated refuge
loops, but then most of it'd probably be running via the far quieter
Gospel Oak route instead.
If they do decide to revisit Camden to finish the job, I do hope they
consider the benefits of doing as much as they can at once given the
disruption it'll cause to the line.
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