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Post by richard on Jan 26, 2020 22:24:01 GMT
Does anyone know the official LOR for the emergency LO-T Replacement? My bus yesterday morning (LK54 FWL) went via East Ham and picked up there whereas my bus in the afternoon (PJ02RDZ) went via Romford Road and the A406 alongside a Southern Transit E400 city Nice to see VPL631 and PVL294 still out and about are they with the ensign fleet or with somebody else who is helping out?
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Post by londonbuschannel on Jan 27, 2020 7:17:39 GMT
Does anyone know the official LOR for the emergency LO-T Replacement? My bus yesterday morning (LK54 FWL) went via East Ham and picked up there whereas my bus in the afternoon (PJ02RDZ) went via Romford Road and the A406 alongside a Southern Transit E400 city Nice to see VPL631 and PVL294 still out and about are they with the ensign fleet or with somebody else who is helping out? VPL631 was with the London Bus Company and PVL294 was with Red Routemaster
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Post by snowman on Jan 27, 2020 18:55:19 GMT
Network Rail have some new photos www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/update-gospel-oak-to-barking-line-freight-derailment-monday-27-januaryThe full extent of the damage is emerging but we have assessed that over a two and a half mile stretch, we need to replace: • 39 new pieces of rail, 216m long each • 5,300 concrete sleepers • 900 wooden sleepers • 10,000 tonnes of ballast needs to be removed and replaced after track relayed. • 10 longitudinal timbered bridges to have replacement custom-timbers installed. A full schedule of repairs is still being finalised but the complex work programme is expected to take a number of weeks with the line part-suspended.
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Post by richard on Jan 27, 2020 19:51:31 GMT
Network Rail have some new photos www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/update-gospel-oak-to-barking-line-freight-derailment-monday-27-januaryThe full extent of the damage is emerging but we have assessed that over a two and a half mile stretch, we need to replace: • 39 new pieces of rail, 216m long each • 5,300 concrete sleepers • 900 wooden sleepers • 10,000 tonnes of ballast needs to be removed and replaced after track relayed. • 10 longitudinal timbered bridges to have replacement custom-timbers installed. A full schedule of repairs is still being finalised but the complex work programme is expected to take a number of weeks with the line part-suspended. I bet there is mayhem on that part of the line has anyone travelled on the replacement bus and is it packed? That freight train must have been going at some speed to do that much damage
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jan 27, 2020 19:56:50 GMT
Network Rail have some new photos www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/update-gospel-oak-to-barking-line-freight-derailment-monday-27-januaryThe full extent of the damage is emerging but we have assessed that over a two and a half mile stretch, we need to replace: • 39 new pieces of rail, 216m long each • 5,300 concrete sleepers • 900 wooden sleepers • 10,000 tonnes of ballast needs to be removed and replaced after track relayed. • 10 longitudinal timbered bridges to have replacement custom-timbers installed. A full schedule of repairs is still being finalised but the complex work programme is expected to take a number of weeks with the line part-suspended. I bet there is mayhem on that part of the line has anyone travelled on the replacement bus and is it packed? That freight train must have been going at some speed to do that much damage Nothing much on the Barking end, the rail replacements are often leaving with single digit numbers of people on board. It's a sad reality but the Goblin passengers are really used to this, there's alternatives for most of the route and I imagine the vast majority of passengers are just using these instead.
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Post by richard on Jan 27, 2020 20:04:22 GMT
I bet there is mayhem on that part of the line has anyone travelled on the replacement bus and is it packed? That freight train must have been going at some speed to do that much damage Nothing much on the Barking end, the rail replacements are often leaving with single digit numbers of people on board. It's a sad reality but the Goblin passengers are really used to this, there's alternatives for most of the route and I imagine the vast majority of passengers are just using these instead. Unfortunately the Goblin has had a chequered past with the threat of closure and poor management and the poor passengers that use the route are stuck in the middle
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Post by richard on Feb 5, 2020 15:55:04 GMT
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Post by snowman on Feb 14, 2020 13:53:28 GMT
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Post by richard on Feb 14, 2020 16:36:18 GMT
Here is a short film of the big boss in charge of the replacement track work also shows more images of the damage
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Post by richard on Feb 17, 2020 19:17:46 GMT
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Post by Tangy on Feb 19, 2020 0:45:55 GMT
Does anyone know the official LOR for the emergency LO-T Replacement? My bus yesterday morning (LK54 FWL) went via East Ham and picked up there whereas my bus in the afternoon (PJ02RDZ) went via Romford Road and the A406 alongside a Southern Transit E400 city The offical line of route is via East Ham station to pick up (towards Walthamstow) or set down (towards Barking) and then continuing towards Woodgrange Park. This is a modified LOR though, the original routing was via the A406 and Romford Road direct. My hunch is that TfL likely sent the out of date route to Southern Transit for them to be traversing the A406 unprompted as I'm not aware of any road closures in East Ham occurring yesterday. Buses on route T should run via East Ham as this is a set down point (toward Barking)/pick up point (towards Walthamstow). There were previous variations of this route that did run between Woodgrange Park and Barking direct via the A406 but this was before the East Ham stop was introduced. The route is marked out on boards attached to street furniture at every turn, so drivers should not be going wrong. I have done this route myself with a marked out map. For reference the full official eastbound route is: Walthamstow (South Grove stand), A Selborne Road- L Walthamstow Central Bus station (Stop C)- Selborne Road, R Hoe Street, A Leyton High Road, Leyton Midland Road station A Leyton high Road, L Warren Road, R Francis Road, L Grove Green Road, R Cathall Road, R Harrow Green (for Leytonstone High Road), A Leytonstone High Road, L Cann Hall Road, R Dames Road, R Wanstead Park Station, A Woodgrange Road, L Romford Road, R High Street North, East Ham Station, A High Street North, R Ron Leighton Way, L Barking Road, A406 Junction 3rd exit London Road, L Barking by pass, 4th exit Longbridge Road, Barking Station, A Station Parade, R Cambridge Road, L Linton Road, R, London Road to Barking Bus Station. Key: L= left, A= ahead, R= right, Bold= Station stops, Underline= Not in passenger service. In the early days of this new route via East Ham the right turn at Manor Park Broadway was banned to all traffic, so buses on this route towards Barking had to turn left toward Manor Park Station and do the route 104 terminal loop to then head south on High Street North. The right turn has since been relaxed for buses (but still barred to general traffic).
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Post by galwhv69 on Oct 14, 2020 11:54:06 GMT
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Post by routew15 on Jan 24, 2022 21:37:44 GMT
An update on the Barking Riverside station progress link to tweet
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Post by richard on Jan 24, 2022 22:58:31 GMT
An update on the Barking Riverside station progress link to tweetInside it looks like Shoreditch High Street. Looking good!
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Post by routew15 on Mar 11, 2022 8:54:13 GMT
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