XPost: uk.railway   
   From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:50:18 +0000, "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 16/12/2018 14:30, Bevan Price wrote:   
   >> On 16/12/18 0:22, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   >>> On 15/12/2018 23:58, BirchangerKen wrote:   
   >>>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:00:50 -0800 (PST), Garden6089@live.co.uk wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Saturday, 15 December 2018 19:16:31 UTC, Clank  wrote:   
   >>>>>> "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk"  Wrote in message:   
   >>>>>>> Are there any notable examples here in GLA of special rail routes or   
   >>>>>>> services on days with major events?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> GLA?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I'm guessing Greater London Assembly.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> No special routes AFAIAA but it is common for Chiltern services to   
   >>>>> make additional calls at Wembley Stadium when there's something on   
   >>>>> there. Kempton Park used to be open on race days only but is now   
   >>>>> open seven days a week. Also, although just outside GLA, some   
   >>>>> outer-suburban services from Waterloo make additional calls at Esher   
   >>>>> when there is racing at Sandown Park; they used to use the   
   >>>>> otherwise-unused fast line platforms but AFAIAA that no longer happens.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Whan Spurs were at White Hart Lane most trains using the Lea Valley   
   >>>> Line would stop at Northumberland Park. I assume this will resume when   
   >>>> the new stadium opens.   
   >>>>   
   >>> I was thinking more along the lines of special services, such as fast   
   >>> trains or trains in revenue service travelling over rails that they   
   >>> would otherwise not do -- not only trains calling at extra stations.   
   >>>   
   >>> I wonder, for example, if TfL would would run special trains over NLL   
   >>> via Primrose Hill to reach Wembley on game day, for example?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I think that a few football clubs (or their supporters) (e.g. Chelsea)   
   >> hire special trains to take fans to some away matches.   
   >   
   That isn't something I've heard mentioned at Chelsea. The nearest to a   
   "football special" that I am aware of is the extra train that runs to   
   LBG from South Bermondsey when Millwall are playing; organised groups   
   of away fans usually arrive by coach. There used to be a similar extra   
   train from Charlton to London Bridge (route apparently at the   
   signaller's whim) but that doesn't seem to have run in recent months,   
   passengers possibly now absorbed by the new Thameslink and existing   
   services.   
      
   >That reminds me that the New York City Subway also runs their iconic   
   >Low-V trains fast from mid-town Manhattan up to Yankee Stadium when that   
   >Yankees are playing the World Series.   
   >   
   >IIRC, fast trains also ran on the Flushing Line from Manhattan to Shea   
   >Stadium when the Mets were also in the World Series.   
      
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