Friday 25 July 2008

Gospel Oak-Barking Line news

A few quick quotes from the Barking - Gospel Oak Line User Group's latest news update:

[...] as all the track works to permit 4-trains-per-hour running will be complete, commissioned and tested by Easter 2009, we want that service frequency to start ahead of schedule in May 2009 [...]
[...] the new in-train maps show useful details of walking distance between our stations and others nearby - but oddly omit the Wanstead Park/Forest Gate interchange
[...] As a stop-gap the three-seat rows are to be converted to two-seaters to increase standing room, but regrettably it seems the North London Line trains are taking precedence over ours for this work to be done
Waltham Forest Council have assured us that there is firm commitment at senior level to getting the long-overdue pedestrian link constructed between Queens Road and Central
Oddly, they don't seem to know Boris thinks the line's getting three car trains in 2010.

4 comments:

Jonn Elledge said...

Re: Wanstead Park/Forest Gate... The map doesn't seem to show connections with any non-TfL station.

This strikes me as silly, if only because Forest Gate is far closer to Wanstead Park than, say, Kensal Green is to Kensal Rise.

Anonymous said...

Kensal Green / Kensal Rise isn't marked as a connection though, is it?

Granted, there are a bunch of possible connections scattered around the city that could be indicated but are not. I wonder what the criteria is for marking connections?

Jonn Elledge said...

"Kensal Green / Kensal Rise isn't marked as a connection though, is it?"

It is on the map I've seen. 800m.

Anonymous said...

"Waltham Forest Council have assured us that there is firm commitment at senior level..."

Herts County Council say the same about Croxley Rail Link. And a little farther afield, 17-plus local authorities are similarly vocal in their commitment to reinstatement of the Oxford-Bedford-Cambridge line.

Which is nice for them all, I'm sure.