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Post by overgroundcommuter on May 26, 2022 23:27:51 GMT
I haven't been on the Elizabeth line yet (I'm trying to find an excuse to bash!), but from all the YouTube videos I've seen this week is how the acceleration is so fast, but nowhere as noisy as being on a tube train or even a 378 unit, plus the journey times. Abbey Wood to TCR in 23 minutes is astounding considering how slow the existing services are.
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Post by greenboy on May 27, 2022 6:11:30 GMT
I haven't been on the Elizabeth line yet (I'm trying to find an excuse to bash!), but from all the YouTube videos I've seen this week is how the acceleration is so fast, but nowhere as noisy as being on a tube train or even a 378 unit, plus the journey times. Abbey Wood to TCR in 23 minutes is astounding considering how slow the existing services are. It's certainly well worth a visit and on the Charing Cross service from Abbey Wood 23 minutes would get you just past Lewisham.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on May 27, 2022 20:20:08 GMT
I haven't been on the Elizabeth line yet (I'm trying to find an excuse to bash!), but from all the YouTube videos I've seen this week is how the acceleration is so fast, but nowhere as noisy as being on a tube train or even a 378 unit, plus the journey times. Abbey Wood to TCR in 23 minutes is astounding considering how slow the existing services are. It's certainly well worth a visit and on the Charing Cross service from Abbey Wood 23 minutes would get you just past Lewisham. I finally went on the Elizabeth line today. A quick trip from Whitechapel to Tottenham Court Road. Very impressed with everything I saw and managed to get a seat on both journeys during the evening peak.
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Post by buspete on May 27, 2022 22:55:53 GMT
The North Woolwich line nearly died out in the late 1970s. When North Woolwich opened in the 1850s it had direct trains from Liverpool Street, which ran on a spur west of Stratford and served a separate station (Stratford Market) that was situated where the DLR's Stratford High Street Station is today. Later it was joined up the Seven Sisters-Alexandra Palace line running via Lea Bridge - an early orbital route if you like. By 1978 it had been reduced to a Stratford-North Woolwich shuttle with a two-car diesel unit shuttling back and forth. The line was single from Canning Town to North Woolwich, an economy measure partly dictated by the need to reinforce the Connaught Tunnel. The line was proposed for withdrawal, but with the redevelopment of Docklands on the horizon the Greater London Council instead supported the extension of the service to Camden Road, which occurred in 1979 - stations at Dalston Kingsland, Hackney Central and Hackney Wick were added in the early 1980s. They were very basic structures indeed, as were the rebuilt stations at Canning Town, Custom House, Silvertown and North Woolwich. The line received a further boost when it was electrified and the North London Line service to Broad Street was diverted to Stratford and on to North Woolwich. Initially it ran every 20 minutes throughout, but when the frequency between Richmond and Stratford increased to every 15 minutes only half the service could continue to and from North Woolwich due to the single-line section. Nevertheless the service was deemed a success, by the (admittedly low) standards of the time, and proved there was a need for a railway in the area. Ironically it contributed to its own demise, as it was replaced by the DLR service that it had helped to foster. And now part of the route has been incorporated into London's latest state-of-the-art railway, the futuristic Elizabeth Line. The days of the run-down diesel shuttle of 1978 seem a long way away now. They should’ve built a London City Airport Station as well
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 28, 2022 5:59:52 GMT
I couldn't resist another ride today, one gripe somebody mentioned is a lack of toilet facilities at any of the stations, is this correct? Seems very poor if that is the case. I used the Bakerloo Line afterwards and it seemed so dated and claustrophobic by comparison. It will therefore be intriguing to see how they compare at Paddington
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Post by wirewiper on May 28, 2022 7:26:00 GMT
The North Woolwich line nearly died out in the late 1970s. When North Woolwich opened in the 1850s it had direct trains from Liverpool Street, which ran on a spur west of Stratford and served a separate station (Stratford Market) that was situated where the DLR's Stratford High Street Station is today. Later it was joined up the Seven Sisters-Alexandra Palace line running via Lea Bridge - an early orbital route if you like. By 1978 it had been reduced to a Stratford-North Woolwich shuttle with a two-car diesel unit shuttling back and forth. The line was single from Canning Town to North Woolwich, an economy measure partly dictated by the need to reinforce the Connaught Tunnel. The line was proposed for withdrawal, but with the redevelopment of Docklands on the horizon the Greater London Council instead supported the extension of the service to Camden Road, which occurred in 1979 - stations at Dalston Kingsland, Hackney Central and Hackney Wick were added in the early 1980s. They were very basic structures indeed, as were the rebuilt stations at Canning Town, Custom House, Silvertown and North Woolwich. The line received a further boost when it was electrified and the North London Line service to Broad Street was diverted to Stratford and on to North Woolwich. Initially it ran every 20 minutes throughout, but when the frequency between Richmond and Stratford increased to every 15 minutes only half the service could continue to and from North Woolwich due to the single-line section. Nevertheless the service was deemed a success, by the (admittedly low) standards of the time, and proved there was a need for a railway in the area. Ironically it contributed to its own demise, as it was replaced by the DLR service that it had helped to foster. And now part of the route has been incorporated into London's latest state-of-the-art railway, the futuristic Elizabeth Line. The days of the run-down diesel shuttle of 1978 seem a long way away now. They should’ve built a London City Airport Station as well Initially Silvertown was the designated station for London City Airport. Dedicated bus links from Liverpool Street and Canning Town were later provided until the DLR was opened in 2005 with a station adjacent to the Airport terminal.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 28, 2022 12:37:29 GMT
It was a bit premature last week when I went on TfL rail and all the signage was replaced inside of the carriages, showing the new section running. Also the roundels had all appeared to be changed outside the carriages, compared to 2 weeks ago it was only a few. Shockingly they also removed the roundels of the 315's but have not put anything on them, so they are now naked of any roundels In all recent photos of 315s they have been plain white with no logos. I last rode on one around 3 weeks ago and it still had logos on.
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Post by WH241 on May 28, 2022 12:56:11 GMT
In all recent photos of 315s they have been plain white with no logos. I last rode on one around 3 weeks ago and it still had logos on. Maybe the photos I have seen were withdrawn trains.
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Post by vjaska on May 28, 2022 13:03:00 GMT
I last rode on one around 3 weeks ago and it still had logos on. Maybe the photos I have seen were withdrawn trains. The logos have been removed according to pictures on Twitter of them in service
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Post by vjaska on May 28, 2022 15:54:03 GMT
Anyone know the peak weekday workings that the remaining Class 315’s are scheduled on as I’d like to grab a ride on one
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Post by richard on May 28, 2022 16:09:56 GMT
Anyone know the peak weekday workings that the remaining Class 315’s are scheduled on as I’d like to grab a ride on one They are allocated to peak hours but they are also acting as spares. I'm not sure what the diagrams are for them.
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Post by snowman on May 28, 2022 16:28:41 GMT
Anyone know the peak weekday workings that the remaining Class 315’s are scheduled on as I’d like to grab a ride on one They are allocated to peak hours but they are also acting as spares. I'm not sure what the diagrams are for them. One comes from sidings and forms 07:51 Shenfield- Liverpool Street, think it then goes back empty to Ilford depot In afternoon 15:38 Shenfield - Liv St, 16:30 Liv St - Shenfield, ?? return and 18:15 Liv St - Shenfield (which then goes in sidings to form following mornings train But I think they might be 315 only when a 345 isn’t available When I last looked were only 6 units left (might be less now), and I think they no longer carry any branding
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Post by WH241 on May 28, 2022 17:51:08 GMT
Custom House Station extremely busy with a constant stream of passengers heading for the Elizabeth Line! Opened in Perfect time for Comic Con.
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Post by vjaska on May 28, 2022 18:23:53 GMT
They are allocated to peak hours but they are also acting as spares. I'm not sure what the diagrams are for them. One comes from sidings and forms 07:51 Shenfield- Liverpool Street, think it then goes back empty to Ilford depot In afternoon 15:38 Shenfield - Liv St, 16:30 Liv St - Shenfield, ?? return and 18:15 Liv St - Shenfield (which then goes in sidings to form following mornings train But I think they might be 315 only when a 345 isn’t available When I last looked were only 6 units left (might be less now), and I think they no longer carry any branding Thanks, much appreciated By the way, is there a website I can go to see this - I did check part time train spotter but they didn't have details from what I can see
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Post by Busboy105 on May 28, 2022 18:26:15 GMT
Custom House Station extremely busy with a constant stream of passengers heading for the Elizabeth Line! Opened in Perfect time for Comic Con. Didn't think it was gonna be that busy but I stand corrected
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