Railway Engineering

[Keith.P]

Early warning for 29th. Looks like no trains direct to Chelmsford, and no trains out of Billericay. So looks like the buses are going to need to take the strain. The ironic factor is that the journey could well be quicker! The extra 7 mins is inclusive of a walk to the station ! Dunno how it came up with that though.

 

A selection of times buses leave Billericay Rail Station - But i guess a bus replacement service for the trains will operate too, but that will probably be naff !

 

1 Bus, Walk 0 10:13 10:50 37 mins

2 Bus, Walk 0 10:33 11:10 37 mins

1 Bus, Walk 0 10:53 11:30 37 mins

2 Bus, Walk 0 11:13 11:50 37 mins

3 Bus, Walk 0 11:33 12:10 37 mins

4 Bus, Walk 0 11:53 12:30 37 mins

 

Return journeys for Sat 29 Dec 07 leaving after 18:30

Option Transport Changes Leave Arrive Duration Select

1 Bus, Walk 0 18:30 19:08 38 mins

2 Bus, Walk 0 19:00 19:35 35 mins

3 Rail replacement / Bus link, Train, Walk 1 19:10 20:09 59 mins

4 Bus, Walk 0 19:50 20:25 35 mins

 

[F G United]

You might want to consider, laying on your own coaches, if many use public transport.

[JAY]

oh dear i know a ricay fan who lives in london that is going to the game so is there no trains from london to chelmsford then

[Brightside Bloke]

Spot on Jay none at all running from the 23rd (so I'm told) But the bus trip should be pretty quick because of the holiday season.

[Bluetone]

That's correct, Liverpool Street station is closed from 23rd Dec to 1st Jan due to a bridge being demolished. Below is the e-mail I received:

 

During the period 23rd December 2007 – 1st January 2008 Liverpool Street station will be closed. During this time several projects will be taking place to enhance services for customers. A bridge outside of Liverpool Street is being demolished as part of the East London Line extension project. There will also be replacement and upgrade of switches and crossings at Shenfield, relaying of track, Olympic Development work at Stratford and upgrade of Overhead Line Equipment at Liverpool Street during this time.

 

The work has been chosen for this period as this is a quiet time with many people on holiday between the Christmas and New Year period.

 

Services will be affected as follows:

 

West Anglia and Stansted Express services

All services over this period will terminate at Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters to allow interchange with London Underground Victoria Line. Chingford line services will terminate at Hackney Downs - passengers for London should change at Walthamstow Central for onward journeys via London Underground.

All Stansted Express trains and services from / to Hertford East will terminate / start from Tottenham Hale.

Services from / to Cambridge, Cheshunt and Enfield will terminate / start from Seven Sisters.

Services from / to Chingford will terminate / start from Hackney Downs.

Some trains will run between Seven Sisters and Hackney Downs with onward TfL bus services operating to London Liverpool Street.

 

Metro services

All services will operate between Stratford and Gidea Park, with London Underground connections to / from London Liverpool Street. A shuttle train service will operate for Harold Wood and Brentwood, passengers travelling to / from these stations should change at Gidea Park. A bus service will operate between Brentwood and Shenfield.

 

Southend services

Train services will run between Southend Victoria and Billericay with connecting buses operating from Billericay and Laindon for onward journeys to / from London Fenchurch Street via c2c services.

Services from / to Southminster will terminate / start from Wickford.

 

Mainline services

Train services will operate from / to Ingatestone, with connecting buses operating between Ingatestone and London Liverpool Street. The exception is on 27th and 28th December, when train services will operate from / to Stratford where passengers can change for London Underground services from / to London Liverpool Street.