Could Crossrail run non-stop Liverpool St - Paddington?

[Wyrleybart]

Assuming all the station platform work is completed, the platform doors shield the construction workers from the trains and the railway is handed over for training etc, would there be any benefit to run the services non stop from Liverpool St to Paddington, assuming that some of those trains were for Heathrow airport or Reading ?

Obviously the intermediate stations could open for service once commissioned by switching in the platform doors and obviously advising staff etc.

 

[Tio Terry]

Don't really know a great deal, but does this mean the Crossrail branding becomes subsumed into TfL, or does it still have sufficient credibility to remain as Crossrail ?

Assuming all the station platform work is completed, the platform doors shield the construction workers from the trains and the railway is handed over for training etc, would there be any benefit to run the services non stop from Liverpool St to Paddington, assuming that some of those trains were for Heathrow airport or Reading ? Obviously the intermediate stations could open for service once commissioned by switching in the platform doors and obviously advising staff etc.

Apologies if the questions are somewhat basic

You have to have the platform edge doors, and other things like PIS, fully operational to complete testing. Similarly, all the emergency and evacuation systems have to be operational in case of, well, emergencies if you are running trains with passengers on them.

 

[hwl]

Don't really know a great deal, but does this mean the Crossrail branding becomes subsumed into TfL, or does it still have sufficient credibility to remain as Crossrail ?

Assuming all the station platform work is completed, the platform doors shield the construction workers from the trains and the railway is handed over for training etc, would there be any benefit to run the services non stop from Liverpool St to Paddington, assuming that some of those trains were for Heathrow airport or Reading ? Obviously the intermediate stations could open for service once commissioned by switching in the platform doors and obviously advising staff etc.

Apologies if the questions are somewhat basic

Too simplistic.

e.g. Bond Street is very behind (PEDs and platforms barely functional)/complete) the stations also contain ventilation systems and act as emergency exits from the tunnels so unless they are complete and integrated enough to the control and signalling system you can't run anything.

Lots of testing is needed before any passenger trains can run.

The first services to run will be Abbey Wood - Paddington because they aren't connected to any services on NR routes and TfL can be flexible as to when they start and frequencies.

Apart from the odd unit swapping move there won't be any Shenfield services running in passenger service west of Paddington, the normal services will be Abbey Wood - Reading/Heathrow

 

[InOban]

You have to have the platform edge doors, and other things like PIS, fully operational to complete testing. Similarly, all the emergency and evacuation systems have to be operational in case of, well, emergencies if you are running trains with passengers on them.

Which is why they've just had a six week blockade on testing to allow uninterrupted work on the items above. There was an option to extend this by two weeks but this has apparently not been necessary.

 

[Tio Terry]

Which is why they've just had a six week blockade on testing to allow uninterrupted work on the items above. There was an option to extend this by two weeks but this has apparently not been necessary.

Not been necessary or would not be complete within those two weeks so longer is needed? Does anybody know?

 

[rd749249]

Not been necessary or would not be complete within those two weeks so longer is needed? Does anybody know?

There will be another blockade in late November for just over a week, a natural break over Christmas and one more in February.

From early December, there will be 8 units testing full length diagrams, 7 days a week. That will extend to 18 trains from late March.

Of course, any well-intentioned plan could be changed but that’s what I’ve seen.