Reopening Farringdon - Moorgate for EMR connect

[NCT]

What problem is this solution intended to address?

 

[35B]

I thought that curve was too tight to take anything longer than a 4-wheeled van?

Not to mention the limited platform length at Moorgate.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

What problem is this solution intended to address?

To accommodate EMR Connect trains needing to terminate at Moorgate, travelling in via Blackfriars. Or something like that?

 

[Haywain]

To dive further into fantasy, if the original curve from Barbican in the direction of Blackfriars could be reinstated (which I think would require the demolition of the Grade II listed Smithfield poultry market) that would allow trains from the south to be terminated in the event of disruption or engineering works.

What's wrong with them terminating at City Thameslink?

 

[Falcon1200]

Or in the bay platforms at Blackfriars!

 

[Bald Rick]

Or in the bay platforms at Blackfriars!

Or, as happens today, London Bridge!

 

[D365]

To accommodate EMR Connect trains needing to terminate at Moorgate, travelling in via Blackfriars. Or something like that?

Why does EMR Connect need to terminate at Moorgate?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Why does EMR Connect need to terminate at Moorgate?

That's a question for the OP (= @waterboo), I would suggest!

 

[Haywain]

Why does EMR Connect need to terminate at Moorgate?

According to the OP:

as a means to alleviate platform capacity at St Pancras High Level

 

[Mr. SW]

I thought that curve was too tight to take anything longer than a 4-wheeled van?

Probably clearances between track and tunnel wall and between tracks probably rather than curvature although that would have to be partly taken into account but as the tunnel has been utterly obliterated, I would think this point would be moot. I saw a picture years ago of the poultry market being rebuilt and you could see where they had cut through the tunnel to create the undercroft.

 

[317 forever]

Is there anything useful that could be done with the Moorgate and Barbican platforms?

I wonder whether they could operate a rail tour with old stock just between the 2 stations?

Actually probably not, as I understand those Barbican platforms can no longer be reached from the west.