Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
REOPENING THE BARKING - GOSPEL OAK LINE
Further to my comment piece in the January Watham Forest Echo
http://barking-gospeloak.org.uk/documents/201701_WaitingForTheTrain...
BGORUG can now fairly confidently confirm that the line will open on Mondays to Fridays ONLY from Monday 27 February. As usual with Network Rail electrification schemes, the project is way behind and weekend and bank holiday closures are likely to continue for some months, possibly for the rest of the year!
Keep an eye out for test runs of the Overground diesel trains, firstly to check all the signalling equipment works (there has been a lot of new track laid) and secondly all the drivers will have to "sign for the road" again, as they have not driven over it for so long and the platforms are being extended requiring a couple of signals to be moved.
I would welcome members' views of where best to publish news of the line, here or on the thread we have had on the Community News forum for some years, or both?
Glenn Wallis
Secretary
Barking - Gospel Oak Rail User Group
barking-gospeloak.org.uk
@RidingtheGoblin
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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Yes. The bridge has to be raised, the rails-to-bridge underside distance is currently not enough to install 25,000 volts wiring. Even so, the 300 mm lift is a compromise - a completely new bridge would have even more clearance and therefore greater-length ramps either side. And yes, there will be hell to pay when the closure happens. Islington council are already jumping up and down about it following on from when they were recently sold a pup over the Holloway Road bridge extra works.
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