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Post by MKAY315 on Oct 23, 2022 22:35:28 GMT
Two more weeks until the through opening operates. I cannot wait Indeed, first Tuesday after that date, I'll be doing an Abbey Wood to Reading journey, should be fun  Wonderful. This I can't wait to do |
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Post by MKAY315 on Oct 23, 2022 22:35:49 GMT
And so tomorrow Bond Street opens on this line. Who will go and witness this opening tomorrow? Me but later in the day. Gonna try both entrances Very good 😁 |
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Post by wirewiper on Oct 24, 2022 8:15:53 GMT
Don't forget about the strikes though. Monday 6th isn't a strike day but the morning service will be disrupted from the day before.
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Post by buspete on Oct 24, 2022 17:14:37 GMT
Out of curiosity I used Bond Street this morning to change from the Elizabeth Line to the Jubilee Line to get to my final destination Baker Street. What a pain that was though, I had to go up an escalator, walk down a long corridor then down another escalator. Tomorrow morning I will be going back to change at Farringdon, which is up a long then a short escalator across the street to pick up my free cappuccino via my Pret subscription then down the stairs onto the Met/Circle/H&C platform. going via Farringdon is 10 minutes quicker too.
Don't get me wrong though Bond Street is a good alternative if the Met/Circle/H&C is shut down, which I find out by the excellent display information screens on the Elizabeth Line.
Also noticed after the train left TCR it was virtually empty.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Oct 24, 2022 18:18:49 GMT
It would mean longer journeys at Liverpool St, going down to the platforms and then an additional station being Whitechapel. Plus further disruption due to the western end of the line. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Oct 24, 2022 18:21:05 GMT
Out of curiosity I used Bond Street this morning to change from the Elizabeth Line to the Jubilee Line to get to my final destination Baker Street. What a pain that was though, I had to go up an escalator, walk down a long corridor then down another escalator. Tomorrow morning I will be going back to change at Farringdon, which is up a long then a short escalator across the street to pick up my free cappuccino via my Pret subscription then down the stairs onto the Met/Circle/H&C platform. going via Farringdon is 10 minutes quicker too. Don't get me wrong though Bond Street is a good alternative if the Met/Circle/H&C is shut down, which I find out by the excellent display information screens on the Elizabeth Line. Also noticed after the train left TCR it was virtually empty. One thing I realise is that the steps on the escalators are very steep when you compare it to standard Underground escalators. Try running up Farringdon or Liverpool Street escalators and you would see what I mean. |
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Post by MKAY315 on Oct 24, 2022 19:49:20 GMT
It would mean longer journeys at Liverpool St, going down to the platforms and then an additional station being Whitechapel. Plus further disruption due to the western end of the line. If the delays are minimal will you eat your words 😁? |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 24, 2022 19:58:05 GMT
It would mean longer journeys at Liverpool St, going down to the platforms and then an additional station being Whitechapel. Plus further disruption due to the western end of the line. If the delays are minimal will you eat your words 😁? The irony is the eastern part has had plenty of its own issues over the years |
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Post by MKAY315 on Oct 24, 2022 20:01:00 GMT
If the delays are minimal will you eat your words 😁? The irony is the eastern part has had plenty of its own issues over the years I know back in 2015 cancellations was going through the roof. They managed to stabilise it around 2017/18 |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Oct 24, 2022 21:20:04 GMT
It would mean longer journeys at Liverpool St, going down to the platforms and then an additional station being Whitechapel. Plus further disruption due to the western end of the line. If the delays are minimal will you eat your words 😁? I would eat the rails instead; and maybe a pantograph |
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Post by twobellstogo on Oct 24, 2022 21:26:00 GMT
Two more weeks until the through opening operates. I cannot wait Indeed, first Tuesday after that date, I'll be doing an Abbey Wood to Reading journey, should be fun Abbey Wood to Ealing Broadway will become a regular commute pretty much each Saturday for a while early next year. Exciting 😀 |
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Post by buspete on Oct 24, 2022 21:37:45 GMT
Indeed, first Tuesday after that date, I'll be doing an Abbey Wood to Reading journey, should be fun Abbey Wood to Ealing Broadway will become a regular commute pretty much each Saturday for a while early next year. Exciting 😀 So if on a Heathrow/Reading train, it would not be worth changing at Paddington for a faster journey, I guess the same for Heathrow or Slough? But going to Reading I would have thought it would be beneficial to change at Reading? I wonder for stations between Slough and Maidenhead if it would be worth changin? |
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Post by buspete on Oct 24, 2022 21:45:15 GMT
With Platform space going to be freed up at Liverpool Street and Paddington.
By Western Region and East Anglos have many branch lines, I wonder if it is possible to bring these into London.
For Liverpool Street.
Southminster
Harwich
Sudbury
Lowestoft
Bury St Edmunds
For Paddington
Greenford
Henley
Marlow
Windsor &;Eton
Newbury (Reading terminators)
Basingstoke
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Post by twobellstogo on Oct 25, 2022 5:51:58 GMT
Abbey Wood to Ealing Broadway will become a regular commute pretty much each Saturday for a while early next year. Exciting 😀 So if on a Heathrow/Reading train, it would not be worth changing at Paddington for a faster journey, I guess the same for Heathrow or Slough? But going to Reading I would have thought it would be beneficial to change at Reading? I wonder for stations between Slough and Maidenhead if it would be worth changin? I presume you’re directing that at vjaska, and not me? Because there’s precisely zero point in me changing at Paddington to get to Ealing unless I happen to have caught a Paddington terminator train. |
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Post by VMH2537 on Oct 25, 2022 6:11:07 GMT
With Platform space going to be freed up at Liverpool Street and Paddington. By Western Region and East Anglos have many branch lines, I wonder if it is possible to bring these into London. For Liverpool Street. Southminster Harwich Sudbury Lowestoft Bury St Edmunds For Paddington Greenford Henley Marlow Windsor &;Eton Newbury (Reading terminators) Basingstoke Platforms at Liverpool Street will still be used for the planned 2tph in the peaks though that should only be one platform. Others I'm hearing additional space will be created for the May 2023 timetable as TfL requested space provision for increasing the Southbury loop lines frequency. |
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