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Post by melikepie on Apr 9, 2012 13:16:59 GMT
There is currently a limited service from I believe Enfield Town (or Cheshunt if I'm wrong) to Stratford vis South Tottenham. What would it take to extend the North London Line to the stratford platforms?
All stopping services with new stops at South Tottenham, reopening Lea Bridge and a new station at Ruckholt Road\Temple Mills\Leyton South\Leyton Orient?
(The S does not refer to South)
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Post by norbitonflyer on Apr 9, 2012 15:17:06 GMT
There is currently a limited service from I believe Enfield Town (or Cheshunt if I'm wrong) to Stratford vis South Tottenham. There is only one train a week using the South Tottenham curves - the 0531 SO Liverpool Street to Enfield Town (the clue is that it takes nine minutes instead of the usual five between hackney Downs and Seven Sisters). As far as I am aware there is no service in the opposite direction, nor any direct service between Stratford and Seven Sisters. There is an hourly service from Bishops Stortford to Stratford via Tottenham Hale - is that what you're thinking of? What would it take to extend the North London Line to the stratford platforms? Not sure what you mean here - the North London Line already goes to Stratford. The Tottenham Hale trains use platforms 11 and 12 which are through platforms. The NLL trains use platforms 1 and 2 which are bays (confusingly, platforms 2 and 12 are opposite faces of the same platform!) It is certainly possible for a train arriving in platform 11 to go forward over the NLL, and conversely for a train off the NLL to go to platform 12, as there is a connection some distance away down the line towards Hackney. But it would be a very circuitous way of getting from one area to the other - far quicker to change stations in Hackney, or use the Victoria Line between Highbury and Seven Sisters/T Hale |
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Post by melikepie on Apr 9, 2012 19:15:05 GMT
Sorry, I meant, extend the NLL into the BS platforms (they are located next to each other) and then have them as a new service to Enfield Town via the new stops suggested. Including actually stopping at South Tottenham (provided the junction is slightly rebuilt).
I was only referring to the parliamentary train sevice, which used to be peak hour only.
It would however open more connections to Stratford.
Oh and btw, the BS-S has recently increased to half-hourly but that is not part of this proposal
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