https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tfl-and-motts-discuss-west-london-orbital-overground-line-as-feasibility-stage-completed-20-11-2024/ Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tfl-and-motts-discuss-west-london-orbital-overground-line-as-feasibility-stage-completed-20-11-2024/#comment-4940 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 11:14:10 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=286499#comment-4940 This is a welcome scheme if it can be built for the estimated £900million.
Presumably the design capacity is 16 trains/hour and the intended opening frequency half that.
The ideal rolling stock would be a variant of the Thameslink stock to help Great British Rail justify grade separating the Midland Main Line and Thameslink conflicts. A dual purpose tunnelled northbound dive under from Kentish Town station to West Hampstead station could allow Thameslink’s trains to continue to Hounslow via Old Oak instead of terminating at Kentish Town, thus providing a quarter hourly service from Hounslow etc to Kings Cross, London Bridge & beyond in the 2050s.

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