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Post by ThinLizzy on Jul 16, 2023 13:23:50 GMT
Overnight on 13/14 July LNER completed a test run to Liverpool Street via the North London Line and Stratford, as part of a plan to use LST when London Kings Cross is closed
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Post by capitalomnibus on Jul 16, 2023 14:23:28 GMT
Overnight on 13/14 July LNER completed a test run to Liverpool Street via the North London Line and Stratford, as part of a plan to use LST when London Kings Cross is closed Would this follow the North London line London Overground all the way to Stratford, then the fast lines into Liverpool St. Or would it follow North London line up to Dalston Kingsland then use the single track to the Chingford lines then go via Cambridge Heath to Liverpool Street. |
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Post by thewintersoldier on Jul 16, 2023 15:01:49 GMT
Overnight on 13/14 July LNER completed a test run to Liverpool Street via the North London Line and Stratford, as part of a plan to use LST when London Kings Cross is closed Would this follow the North London line London Overground all the way to Stratford, then the fast lines into Liverpool St. Or would it follow North London line up to Dalston Kingsland then use the single track to the Chingford lines then go via Cambridge Heath to Liverpool Street. |
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Post by ThinLizzy on Jul 16, 2023 15:35:38 GMT
Overnight on 13/14 July LNER completed a test run to Liverpool Street via the North London Line and Stratford, as part of a plan to use LST when London Kings Cross is closed Would this follow the North London line London Overground all the way to Stratford, then the fast lines into Liverpool St. Or would it follow North London line up to Dalston Kingsland then use the single track to the Chingford lines then go via Cambridge Heath to Liverpool Street. I think this followed the NLL up to Stratford, then went on the fast lines. I was reading through a thread on the Rail forums, don't think the Azumas could get clearance to run through Hackney Downs, I guess due to the curved platforms |
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Post by TA1 on Jul 16, 2023 16:28:26 GMT
The set returned to Bounds Green via Graham Road curve.
Last Christmas or the Christmas before, (losing track of the years) LNER were signal sighting in Canonbury Tunnel to use a contingency to turn around when the Cross was shut.
It’s likely before long, we’ll see an Azuma on the West Anglia Main Line via Tottenham Hale under test, watch this space.
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Post by ServerKing on Jul 28, 2023 22:51:06 GMT
The set returned to Bounds Green via Graham Road curve. Last Christmas or the Christmas before, (losing track of the years) LNER were signal sighting in Canonbury Tunnel to use a contingency to turn around when the Cross was shut. It’s likely before long, we’ll see an Azuma on the West Anglia Main Line via Tottenham Hale under test, watch this space. Interesting, but many years ago the Great Eastern Mainline was part of LNER - at Harold Wood station, it is clearly marked there in the concrete facade above the entrance  I wonder if it's part of some renationalisation plan under GBR (Great British Railways) to offer more routes to different destinations if they resurrect InterCity in future? Newcastle via Northumberland Park football trains on matchdays for Spurs?   |
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 31, 2023 7:53:44 GMT
The set returned to Bounds Green via Graham Road curve. Last Christmas or the Christmas before, (losing track of the years) LNER were signal sighting in Canonbury Tunnel to use a contingency to turn around when the Cross was shut. It’s likely before long, we’ll see an Azuma on the West Anglia Main Line via Tottenham Hale under test, watch this space. Interesting, but many years ago the Great Eastern Mainline was part of LNER - at Harold Wood station, it is clearly marked there in the concrete facade above the entrance I wonder if it's part of some renationalisation plan under GBR (Great British Railways) to offer more routes to different destinations if they resurrect InterCity in future? Newcastle via Northumberland Park football trains on matchdays for Spurs? Historically though, the Great Northern Railway out of King's Cross and the Great Eastern Railway out of Liverpool Street were separate companies. They only came together when the London North Eastern Railway came into being in 1923 as part of the great Railway Grouping which saw most of Britain's railways absorbed into one of the "Big Four" companies*. Harold Wood station was rebuilt in 1934 when two additional tracks were added to the Great Eastern route to cater for the burgeoning suburban traffic, hence the LNER lettering. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Wood_railway_station* a curiosity in East London is that the London Tilbury & Southend Railway became part of the LMS (London Midland & Scottish Railway) rather than the LNER. This was because the Midland railway had acquired the LT&SR in 1912. The Midland of course had a connection to the LT&SR as it had also acquired the Kentish Town-Barking route through Tottenham which allowed through services to operate onto the LT&S route from St Pancras. |
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