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Post by capitalomnibus on May 23, 2023 9:38:53 GMT
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Post by borneobus on May 23, 2023 11:05:57 GMT
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Post by northlondon83 on May 24, 2023 7:31:07 GMT
Today marks one year since the opening of the Elizabeth line
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Post by southlondonbus on May 24, 2023 8:31:01 GMT
Today marks one year since the opening of the Elizabeth line Wow that has gone quickly. I remember well going from TCR down to Abbey Wood.
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Post by northlondon83 on May 24, 2023 9:47:44 GMT
Today marks one year since the opening of the Elizabeth line Wow that has gone quickly. I remember well going from TCR down to Abbey Wood. My first journey was on 26 May around 5pm from Paddington mainline to West Drayton Completed so far: (when it was still tfl rail to present day) Reading to Abbey Wood, Stratford to Manor Park Since 24/05/22 West Drayton to Abbey Wood
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Post by twobellstogo on May 24, 2023 12:12:24 GMT
Wow that has gone quickly. I remember well going from TCR down to Abbey Wood. My first journey was on 26 May around 5pm from Paddington mainline to West Drayton Completed so far: (when it was still tfl rail to present day) Reading to Abbey Wood, Stratford to Manor Park Since 24/05/22 West Drayton to Abbey Wood Never been all the way to Shenfield, then? If Ensignbus Vintage do a running day this year then Shenfield is as good a place as any to start from, otherwise I’d probably either catch a further train on to somewhere else in Essex, or retrace your steps back to Brentwood - there’s very little in Shenfield to detain you.
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Post by northlondon83 on May 24, 2023 15:36:05 GMT
My first journey was on 26 May around 5pm from Paddington mainline to West Drayton Completed so far: (when it was still tfl rail to present day) Reading to Abbey Wood, Stratford to Manor Park Since 24/05/22 West Drayton to Abbey Wood Never been all the way to Shenfield, then? If Ensignbus Vintage do a running day this year then Shenfield is as good a place as any to start from, otherwise I’d probably either catch a further train on to somewhere else in Essex, or retrace your steps back to Brentwood - there’s very little in Shenfield to detain you. Nope though I did travel from Romford to Stratford on a non stop Greater Anglia train in 2021
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 27, 2023 6:57:20 GMT
The Sunday frequencies look remarkably similar to other days of the week. It seems that trains from Shenfield only venture west of Paddington half-hourly.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 27, 2023 11:04:56 GMT
I am highly impressed with the CBTC on the line. One of the Abbey Wood trains was a few mins behind schedule, with the shenfield train showing up as though it would be on time. The Abbey Wood had arrived 21:13 and left at 21:14. Mid-way through the platform, the fail of the train went past one of the platform doors 21:14 and 21 seconds. The Shenfield train then pulled in and the front of the train went past that same point at 21:14 and 51 seconds. So it was a dead on 30 seconds between them! It actually then did arrive at 21:15 as timetable, and still departed within that 21:15 minute.
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Post by kmkcheng on May 30, 2023 11:47:36 GMT
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 30, 2023 22:21:19 GMT
Finally, I knew it was possible to have a another type of train use the core. I remember when I mentioned it a few years ago here. Such a shame that the 315's didn't get that special treatment, even if it meant hauling the last one through there.
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Post by wirewiper on Jun 1, 2023 8:20:49 GMT
TfL is in talks to procure four additional class 345 units for the Elizabeth Line. These would be used to extend services from Paddington to Old Oak Common when HS2 services commence in 2030. Based on an initial expected service of three HS2 trains an hour at Old Oak Common, TfL predicts that around 50,000 Elizabeth Line passengers will use Old Oak Common during the three hours of each Monday to Friday peak period (07.00-10.00 and 16.00-19.00) The reason for buying the trains now is that the production line is still set up and the staff still have the experience to build them. TfL would be exercising an option to add additional trains to the manufacturing contract and it is cheaper to do that at an earlier date. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tfl-in-talks-to-buy-more-elizabeth-line-trains-to-cope-with-hs2-demand-63123/
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Post by wirewiper on Jun 1, 2023 8:31:13 GMT
Some snippets:
Thursday 23rd 20th April 2023 was the busiest day so far on the Elizabeth Line, with c.662,000 passenger journeys recorded. The week 23rd-29th April was also the busiest with just under 4 million journeys recorded.
TfL's provisional data estimates that around 40% of the passenger kilometres travelled on the centre section are by passengers who transferred from Underground services after through-running was introduced in November 2022, meaning the Elizabeth Line is achieving one of its key aims, that of reducing overcrowding on the Tube.
There are still some reliability issues with the trains, and the Easter software upgrade introduced some bugs which are being removed There is still a significant number of points failures on the western section which continue to disrupt the service.
The Crossrail project office was closed officially on Friday 26th May 2023. Staff have either been absorbed into Transport for London or have left to pursue other things.
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Post by northlondon83 on Jun 1, 2023 12:43:56 GMT
Some snippets: Thursday 23rd April 2023 was the busiest day so far on the Elizabeth Line, with c.662,000 passenger journeys recorded. The week 23rd-29th April was also the busiest with just under 4 million journeys recorded. TfL's provisional data estimates that around 40% of the passenger kilometres travelled on the centre section are by passengers who transferred from Underground services after through-running was introduced in November 2022, meaning the Elizabeth Line is achieving one of its key aims, that of reducing overcrowding on the Tube. There are still some reliability issues with the trains, and the Easter software upgrade introduced some bugs which are being removed There is still a significant number of points failures on the western section which continue to disrupt the service. The Crossrail project office was closed officially on Friday 26th May 2023. Staff have either been absorbed into Transport for London or have left to pursue other things. do you mean Thursday 23 March since 23 April was not a Thursday
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Post by capitalomnibus on Jun 1, 2023 22:03:48 GMT
Some snippets: Thursday 23rd April 2023 was the busiest day so far on the Elizabeth Line, with c.662,000 passenger journeys recorded. The week 23rd-29th April was also the busiest with just under 4 million journeys recorded. TfL's provisional data estimates that around 40% of the passenger kilometres travelled on the centre section are by passengers who transferred from Underground services after through-running was introduced in November 2022, meaning the Elizabeth Line is achieving one of its key aims, that of reducing overcrowding on the Tube. There are still some reliability issues with the trains, and the Easter software upgrade introduced some bugs which are being removed There is still a significant number of points failures on the western section which continue to disrupt the service. The Crossrail project office was closed officially on Friday 26th May 2023. Staff have either been absorbed into Transport for London or have left to pursue other things. I am glad they realise the poor service on the Western section, which I have mentioned here a lot. My biggest fears that this would ruin the Shenfield branch. Although luckily only 2 trains per hour go through to Heathrow and none to Reading, in some ways is a good thing. I have noticed at times the Shenfield - Heathrow trains getting disrupted by the events on the Western section and see it get curtailed or cancelled.
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