Request ID: FOI-0082-2223 Date published: 16 May 2022
You asked
Good morning
I would like to make an FOI request relating to the frequency of trains adjacent to Dickens Yard in Ealing. The postcode of the building affected is W5 2BE. Specifically I require the following information:
• Frequency and speed of trains on weekdays and weekends.
• Is there a period of time during the night when trains cease to run?
• How will the frequency of trains increase when Cross Rail is fully running?
• Number of noise related complaints received from this postcode area over the past 3 years.
I look forward to hearing from you.
We answered
TfL Ref: 0082-2223
Thank you for your request received by us on 12 April 2022 and following clarification,19 April 2022 asking for information about the frequency of trains adjacent to Dickens Yard in Ealing, west London.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked for:
the frequency of trains adjacent to Dickens Yard in Ealing. The postcode of the building affected is W5 2BE. Specifically I require the following information:
Frequency and speed of trains on weekdays and weekends in the month of February 2022? Is there a period of time during the night when trains cease to run in the month of February 2022?
The information you asked for is available on our website using the following link for the timetable of TfL Rail services, which will be known as the Elizabeth line once Crossrail is launched: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tfl-rail/tfl-rail-timetables
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere How will the frequency of trains increase when Cross Rail is fully running? We can advise that when the Crossrail project is complete, this area will have ten Elizabeth line trains per hour off-peak and twelve trains per hour during peak times passing through. Number of noise related complaints received from this postcode area over the past 3 years. Having searched our database, filtering for complaints in the ‘W5 2BE’ and ‘W52BE’ postcodes, as well as using ‘Dickens’ as a keyword for any such complaints that may not have referenced a postcode, we have no records of noise related complaints in this area. If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Jasmine Howard FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
