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date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:17 +0100 (BST),    group: uk.transport.london        back       
Re: Blackfriars - SET services after December 2008   
In article
,
mizter.t@gmail.com (Mizter T) wrote:

> On 4 Jun, 20:44,  wrote:
> 
> > "Mr Thant"  wrote:
> >
> > > It wouldn't be very useful. The interim arrangement is more about
> > > having somewhere to send the peak services from the north with the
> > > Moorgate branch gone. There's not really anywhere to terminate
them,
> > > so running them through as services to Kent (replacing the SET
> > > Blackfriars services) is the only real option.
> 
> It's being shut. The platforms at Farringdon can't be extended to 
> 12-car length without fouling the junction towards Moorgate, so the
> branch will be closed.
> 
> There are various suggestions here and elsewhere about the alignment
> being used for stabling LU trains given that it's adjacent to the 
> Met/Circle/H&C, though nothing official.

Is that using Smithfield sidings or the Widened lines running lines?

-- 
Colin Rosenstiel
date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:17 +0100 (BST)   author:   (Colin Rosenstiel)

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