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Post by ThinLizzy on Feb 24, 2018 17:39:17 GMT
“The Section 106 agreement, reached with the Barking and Dagenham Council and Transport for London, means the project has secured funding for: A new TfL Overground station connecting to central London in 22 minutes” Great news. I assume the 22 minutes into central London bit is a reference to the connection at Barking? Yes, currently c2c trains are scheduled 15-18 minutes between Barking and Fenchurch Street, I'm taking the assumption the figure is also adjusted to allow for the minimal time a c2c is scheduled to take instead of the average time it's scheduled to take, implying the extension to the Riverside will add about 4-7 minutes onto the Goblin. I really do hope that they upgrade Barking Station before this kicks in because I can't imagine the station being able to deal with masses of people piling off one platform and running to another safely. Not to mention c2c is already suffering capacity wise so the last thing it needs is more people. Personally I think a tunnelled extension of the Hammersmith and City Line would have been more beneficial, despite taking longer into Central London the flow of people won't be strained onto one station. However then you have the issue of the H&C tracks needing to dive pretty deep underground to avoid interfering with HS1 and Barking Station would need a lot of construction done to it, so probably a lot more hassle than it's worth The DLR extension to Barking Riverside and Dagenham Dock would have moved the interchange towards Central London to Canning Town, which is far better suited than Barking and would have given direct access to the Jubilee Line.
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Post by snoggle on May 9, 2018 0:04:59 GMT
TfL have published a paper seeking authority to place the main works contract for the Barking Riverside extension. The paper also provides an update on progress (or lack thereof) to date. Seems we're nearly a year behind in placing the main works contract - due Aug 2018 put planned for last autumn! Seems some work has been done at Ripple Lane over Easter to clear part of the site where the new ramp will be built. There is, however, a critical work package due Dec 2018 so steps are being taken to ensure this possession is not lost. content.tfl.gov.uk/pic-20180516-item07-barking-riverside.pdf
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Post by snoggle on Oct 3, 2018 23:38:18 GMT
A further paper to next week's Programme and Investment Cttee. Costs from bidders from the main works have come in too high so more "scope reviews" and "value engineering" to try to contain cost risks. Bidders have been asked to re-submit revised prices with these due later this month.
Naturally enough all the juicy information is for the confidential part of the meeting so no published papers on this. Some extra bits from the paper.
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Post by snoggle on Oct 25, 2018 20:54:23 GMT
A rather interesting potential future development for an extra station on the Barking Riverside extension. See the Heidi Alexander letter on the tweet below. Looks like the proposed additional housing may have interesting implications for the bus network too.
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Post by snowman on Jan 3, 2019 10:14:45 GMT
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