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Posted by David Fairthorne on Wed Oct 20 00:40:38 2004, in response to Re: Crossrail gets Treasury backing (was Re: London's five-year plan), posted by Rail Blue on Tue Oct 19 18:53:43 2004. too many people are using only one of the existing ones, which happens to be the one with the smallest trains anyway.We just need some way of getting people on to the District Line, which is the emptiest line through Central London a short connector to send the District to Shenfield. Killing the Circle ... would allow 8tph to Heathrow. a spur ... from Whitechapel to Canary Wharf That's a pretty interesting idea, which you explained once before but I missed the point. Let me see if I understand now. You want to divert passengers away from the crowded Central line and onto the less crowded District and Metropolitan lines. The key is to break up the Circle line by abolishing the circular service, allowing services to be extended east and west. The Metropolitan tracks would carry their present services, minus the Circle, plus a new service from Heathrow. In the east the Metropolitan would go to Barking with a new branch to Canary Wharf. The District tracks would carry its present services, including the remaining sector of the Circle from Edgware Road. In the east the District would go to Upminster with a new branch to Shenfield. No trains would go to Aldgate, and passengers would use Aldgate East instead. The most expensive parts would be the new tunnels; the one connecting the District line to the Shenfield line and the spur to Canary Wharf. I would like to know the full extent and alignment of these tunnels and what other works would be needed, such as changes in the track layout. Also how you would deal with the two forms of electrification: fourth rail and catenary. Then you can give us an estimate of how many billions you can save the Treasury! |
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