Recent content by Peregrine 4903

Kings cross station is full from dec25. And it's currently also pretty full, very difficult to divert additional services into kings cross.

All the long distance services have firm access rights so you can't just remove them. You'd be setting yourselves up for disputes that you would lose.

What LNER or Open Access services are you removing from the timetetable to divert the Peterborough services into Kings Cross?

There is no capacity for 2tph between East Croydon and Watford Junction. Freight use the other path per hour.

No that's not correct. There is no capacity between York and Newcastle for those trains to run.

The Tunbridge Wells extra's do run though. They run for most of the day Monday to Friday with a gap in the middle of the day and some run on Saturday too.

Vic 5 resignalling.

Nope.

Yep platform 1 and 2 both fit 12 coaches and loads of the diverted trains were booked and ran as 12 coaches.

Thameslink stop there during engineering work when the Catford loop is closed.

Most of the closures on the Atlantic Lines are for Vic 5 resignalling. Vic 5 is an absolutely massive job. That line was also massively impact by Vic 4 resignalling as well, both going on at the same time. That's why there have been so many closures. That's due to commision next Christmas so the...

The Leeds to Nottingham and Lincoln Central services are suffering from horrendoues overcrowding and need longer trains running on them. That's why Platform 17 is being extended so Northern can run longer trains on the Leeds to Nottingham/Lincoln Central services.

I'm confused as to what basis you think this is as a slope to the service becoming 2 hourly? That is most certainly not the plan.

I'm sorry but i massively disagree with a lot of this. Poor timetabling? Just not true, our timetabling is generally very good.

Blackheath tunnel has a 10 week blockade again this year.