The Anonymous Widower

In The Land Of The Giants

In Defining The GOBlin Extension To Barking Riverside, I traced how the extension will get to the new station. This is a map from the TfL report, which shows the route of the extension.

Barking Riverside Extension

And this is an image of the viaduct that takes the extension over Choats Road.

Proposed Viaduct Over Choats Road

Today, I went to Barking station and took an EL2 bus to Dagenham Dock station.

I took these pictures as the bus went along Choats Road.

The area is certainly one with some of the largest electricity pylons.

Even so, you can understand why the TfL report says this about the viaduct.

After passing under Renwick Road, the alignment would climb on a viaduct curving south towards Barking Riverside, crossing the Freight Terminal, westbound Tilbury lines and Choats Road.  The viaduct would then descend to pass under the existing high voltage power line south of Choats Road, before again rising and continuing  towards a station at Barking Riverside.

This Google map certainly shows there is a lot of space.

In The Land Of The Giants

It will be interesting to see what the final layout will be.

• The viaduct that crosses Choats Road must be high enough to allow double-deck buses and other high vehicles to pass underneath.
• The TfL route map appears to show that the viaduct follows roughly the line of the pylons to the site of Barking Riverside station.
• Vertical separation of overhead wires on the viaduct and the power lines could be a problem!
• The rail line can’t go too close to the houses.

If the branch were to be built without electrification and services were to be run using the Aventras fitted with on-board energy storage, it would ease the design of the viaduct.

March 7, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Barking Riverside, Gospel Oak And Barking Line