Elizabeth Line Train Sidings

[aaronspence]

https://twitter.com/TfL/status/1738560122236858746

This tweet got me thinking, I can count 33 sidings in that photo of Old Oak Common, I count 10 at Ilford that look to be holding 345's on Google Earth and another 8 at Plumbstead. Out of a fleet of 70, where do the other 19 stay?

 

[Jamiescott1]

Some at maidenhead?

 

[MCR247]

Gidea Park?

 

[Meglos]

https://twitter.com/TfL/status/1738560122236858746

This tweet got me thinking, I can count 33 sidings in that photo of Old Oak Common, I count 10 at Ilford that look to be holding 345's on Google Earth and another 8 at Plumbstead. Out of a fleet of 70, where do the other 19 stay?

Last night there were 5 at Maidenhead, 6 at Gidea Park.

 

[aaronspence]

Ahh good finds, Looks like 6 at Maidenhead and 8 at Gidea Park.

Just leaves 5 spots unaccounted but maybe they have some indoors

 

[Meglos]

This tweet got me thinking, I can count 33 sidings in that photo of Old Oak Common, I count 10 at Ilford that look to be holding 345's on Google Earth and another 8 at Plumbstead. Out of a fleet of 70, where do the other 19 stay?

Also there are 9 roads into the maintenance sheds at OOC

 

[PeterC]

Do any stable at Shenfield?

 

[Kite159]

Do any stable at Shenfield?

Looking at today on RTT then 2 stable at the Shenfield Stabling Sidings overnight

 

[PGAT]

If extra trains were to be ordered where would they be stored?

 

[iphone76]

Gidea Park can take 9 (extra 1 stays in the spur). Shenfield Sidings can take 3 and they usually have 2 in the platforms.

 

[Horizon22]

8 at Plumstead.
6 at Maidenhead.
9 at Gidea Park (using the spur)
4 at Shenfield (using the loop, 6 if using P5/6).
3(?) at Ilford

There’s the maintenance roads at Old Oak Common too.

Ahh good finds, Looks like 6 at Maidenhead and 8 at Gidea Park.

Just leaves 5 spots unaccounted but maybe they have some indoors

Shenfield and Ilford depot.

Some outstabling occasionally at Reading / Heathrow / Liverpool St / Paddington but not the norm

 

[iphone76]

Ilford can take 10 on the new Sidings plus occasionally they stable them on roads 1 and 2. (Next to the running line).

 

[Horizon22]

Ilford can take 10 on the new Sidings plus occasionally they stable them on roads 1 and 2. (Next to the running line).

Normally nowhere near 10 though, because of course there’s other operators using the space there.

 

[iphone76]

Normally nowhere near 10 though, because of course there’s other operators using the space there.

Just looking at our long term diagrams and there are 10 Ilford jobs booked to take units out of there each weekday morning, so don't think it's far off that number.