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GOBLIN isn't in 3rd rail territory; it's north of the Thames and has some sections with OHLE electrification already.
The Ashford-Ore section of the Marshlink line is not electrified
Hurdt Green-Uckfield is not electrified
Doing both of those would release all of the Class 171 trains (6x...
I hate to rain on everyone's parade again but let's be honest here: the simultaneous reopening of Bere Alston to Okehampton and upgrading the entire Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton route to a mainline diversionary standard is absolutely not going to happen. It's a colossal waste of money when...
So, the reason that we stick doggedly to TOC franchising is because private operators are innovative and quickly adapt to the market requirements, but they'd need explicit permission from the secretary of state for transport to make a change to the seating configuration of one of their trains or...
I'd have thought that FGW's pacers were more likely to be replaced by the 165/166 units displaced by GWML & Thames Valley electrification than they are by sprinters. Are there enough 165/166s that some 15x units would be freed up from FGW to go to Northern?
Manchester (Victoria & Guide Bridge)...
More likely St Pancras - Ebbsfleet shuttles, and even then I think it'd need for TfL/SE to offer a plus HS1 option on z1-3 (or more) travelcards to see a big shift in usage.
If plans come to fruition there may be upwards of 12tph each way (4 Stansted Express, 4 Chingford, 4 Cheshunt/Broxbourne). I don't think that 4-tracking Stratford to Coppermill Junction would be worthwhile myself, and by the looks of it NR don't either.
Although Lea Bridge station isn't explicitly mentioned there's a lot of interesting possibilities for WAML/GEML local services discussed in the Network Rail Improving Connectivity document. The proposals explicitly include the grade separation of Coppermill Junction and the reopening of the Hall...
I meant in the sense that someone could do the following:
Tap in as they enter underground network (say, Jubilee line at Bond Street)
Alight at Southwark
Tap out at the Southwark to Waterloo East single gateline
Board a SouthEastern service
Either alight at a SE station without a gateline and...
I'd guess that TfL didn't want an ungated route to the Jubilee line at Southwark, but it wasn't practical to secure all of the routes through to Waterloo East. Having the double gateline would've been more acceptable than a single gateline followed by standalone Oyster validators.