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Posted by Fytton on Wed Oct 20 04:52:16 2004, in response to Re: Crossrail gets Treasury backing (was Re: London's five-year plan), posted by David Fairthorne on Wed Oct 20 00:40:38 2004. The problems with the otherwise sensible idea of running 8 tph Heathrow - Shenfield via the north side of the Circle Line are twofold: it doesn't give Heathrow a fast service to the heart of London (the West End) or even to the absolute heart of The City (Bank). And does it leave enough capacity for other subsurface line services? The service over the western side of the Circle Line (up through High Street Ken and Notting Hill Gate) is relatively sparse even now.What is *actually* planned for the Circle, Metropolitan, District and Hamamersmith & City lines, as I understand it, is this: The Hammersmith & City becomes the Teacup Line (perhaps they'll call it "Hammersmith & Circle Line"??): Hammersmith (H&C station) - Ladbroke Grove - Paddington (main line station) - Edgware Road (through platforms) - Bayer Street - Kings Cross - Liverpool Street - Aldgate (through platforms) - Tower Hill - Embankment - Victoria - Gloucester Road - High Street Ken - Padding ton (Circle Line station) - Edgware Road (terminal platforms); then reverese and go back the same way to Hammersmith. The argument is that the poor timekeeping of the Circle Line is due to its never terminating. Thw Wimbledon - Edgware Road section of the District Line ("Wimbledon & City Line" in the future??): Wimbledon - Putney Bridge - Earls Court - High Street Ken - Paddington (Circle Line station) - Edgware Road (through platforms) - Kings Cross - Liverpool Street - Aldgate (terminal platforms). Metropolitan (some of the trains - the Uxbridge ones??): In from beyond Finchley Road - Baker Street - Kings Cross - Liverpool Street - Aldgate East - Whitechapel - Barking. Rest of the Metropolitan trains terminate in the terminal platforms at Baker Street. |
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