I am resident of the barking riverside development and this station is one of the reasons we have chosen to move here. We cant wait for it to open. Many thanks for sharing such a good quality videos. Not only we hope the station opens on time but hopefully it will have some facilities.
Love the shots. TfL announced they are bringing the opening to summer 2022! However, I don’t see anyway way for local residents can get there easily. The whole site will need landscaping just to make the area worth the trouble to get to
Fantastic video and explaination. By the way, why not all freights on North london Line not run via Stratford on its way to Felixtowe and East London Port area? Is ther any specific reason or just to reliefe traffic? I am asking because notice not just Felixtowe trains go via Stratford nor just Tilbury/ LGWay go via Goblin. Thank you in advance.
Some also go via the Ely - Ipswich line to Felixstowe which releases pressure on this area, but still not enough. There simply isn't enough capacity to route freight the most efficient way in the London area
Thanks for this - would suggest that dovetailing with existing freight and C2C traffic should be no more difficult and indeed might be slightly easier than at present. Reasons as follows: firstly, the existing route terminates on a long dedicated single track and platform whereas the extension has double that, so already more flexibility there. Secondly the overground service interacts only with a freight route it was already interleaved with (just a bit further down the line than it used to go) and with the one passenger service that directly interacts with that - as such, there should be no problem picking a path inbetween the other trains - the flyover west of Barking is a big help here in insulating the overground from wider network perturbations \m/
Hi Nicholas I used to live down the road from this location and I use to have to walk down that way for my work. This had been built very quickly as in 2018 there was no building work started.
@@TheUrbanOutsider we will to meet up sometime and have a chat as we have bothed lived in the same area. hope yourself and the family are all well. peter
Great video and filming, some cracker shots. Shame tho that they didn't extend into Thamesmead now, TM has been lacking good connections since its conception
Got a few things wrong, the junction off the Down Tilbury is called Barking Riverside Down junction and is on the other side of Renwick Road bridge before the reserved area for the future second station, the future reserved alignment to Abbey Wood spurs off well before the station and would be a similar project to what happened at Mudchute on DLR. No issues with C2C or freight conflict as the old Down goods was reinstated to Barking as the new Up Riverside, so parallel passing moves can be made up to the new Barking Riverside Up Junction near Barking Tilbury East junction. How do i know? I am the engineer who led the design and build from concept to today.
Legend! How long does train testing usually take? Is the underground Tunnel really a possibility? Is there plans for a retail space around the station? Soo many questions lol
Nice video! The narration could be a bit more clearly pronounced and the text could perhaps need some more structuring, but those are really small things, especially as your channel is only two months old! Keep it up, and hopefully it will take off. :+1:
Thanks for the tips! With the pronunciation, I have a speech impediment. Although I have purchased a Rode mic to hopefully make future videos better. Notes taken on the structure!
No mention of Renwick Road station. Why is that? When the line was first proposed tfl held a public consultation and a poll with 2 options, one with a station at Renwick Road and one without. Although the profiles of the two options might have suggested that tfl favoured the option with no intermediate station, the public quite clearly favoured a station at Renwick Road, having a superior sense of connectivity to tfl.
@@TheUrbanOutsider Thanks. But what exactly does 'passive provision's mean? What obligation are they under? Is it just on a long promise like the Russia Report and Covid Inquiry? Also, thanks for pointing out the protected alignment of the under the river extension. In which case, there must be some provision for the alignment the other side of the river.. Subject for another video perhaps?
Could they be thinking of a lifting bridge to cross the river, seems perfectly aligned for that. A tunnel would require at least half of what's been constructed to be demolished.
A tunnel is the only realistic option, but I read the station should have been built submerged in order for any extension to get under the river. As it is, the current station would have to be completely demolished.
@@henrymiles7596 the economics mean that the current station is sufficient as it unlocks more housing in the area. Building a submerged station later on can still be done without that initial economic benefit being lost. This was the same with Island Gardens DLR
@@TheUrbanOutsider The only way this station could be connected to a tunnel is for the tracks to curve to the west running parallel to the river, decending into a tunnel then curving south under the river.
I used a zoom feature on the drone, if you check google maps there is actually no way to get within 50m of the railway from where I was standing and I only fly straight up to make recovery of the drone easy, it was more than 50m away and sub 250g. Below are the locations I flew from; goo.gl/maps/XDTqx5cc6YEAXa2LA goo.gl/maps/RT2eBrCVRZdy9Vvz8 goo.gl/maps/GLwxSNxKTkMpN1vz9 There rules are here; specifically for sub 250g drones; register-drones.caa.co.uk/drone-code/where-you-can-fly "Small drones and model aircraft: below 250g, C0 or C1 class You can fly small drones and model aircraft that are lighter than 250g, or C0 or C1 class, in residential, recreational, commercial and industrial areas. Remember, you must always fly safely. Examples of residential, recreational, commercial and industrial areas Residential areas include: cities and towns villages housing estates schools Recreational areas include: tourist attractions sports facilities beaches and parks theme parks Commercial areas include: shopping centres warehouses business parks Industrial areas include: factories docks rail and transport hubs"
