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Posted by Max Roberts on Fri Oct 22 07:29:51 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Fytton on Fri Oct 22 07:09:28 2004. Shenfield users might not have a direct link to the West End, but why should they? They would have a direct link to one major employment area, the city, which is more than can be said for people arriving at Marylebone, Paddington, Waterloo, Victoria, London Bridge, Euston, and Kings Cross, who have no direct links to anywhere at all. £20billion is a lot of money to fix just two of these problems (Paddington and Liverpool Street) and at the rate this is going, the rest won't be fixed in our children's lifetime. Time for cheap solutions and compromises. We don't want one perfect scheme, we need three or four good schemes.Waterloo & City Line will extend eastwards easily if the current platforms are abandoned, and a station is built at lower level. This also gives the benefit that the line can stay open while building work is done. During the 1930s, considerable work was done on a scheme to join the W&C with the ELL at Shoreditch, so there are clearly no real problems in going eastwards. What about various proposals to run a Heathrow to KX service via the various lines in NW London. At least other terminals would have links to Heathrow. If you want a direct West End to Heathrow service, four-track the Piccadilly Line between Northfields and Heathrow (no stations needed, so this could run in tubes under the main line) and cancel the Piccadilly Line stops at Turnham Green, Barons Court, and Hammersmith. Return South Harrow to the District Line, and run all Piccadilly Line trains to Heathrow, either all stations, or non-stop: South Kensington, Earl's Court, Hammersmith, Acton Town, and Heathrow. Actually, looking at the picture of the Bank-Monument complex again, its clear that the lines are all wrong. The W&C is pointing straight to Liverpool street, and the Central Line is horribly bent, and that curved platform at Bank does ruin the reliability of the line. So, Extend the Waterloo & City to Mile End and Romford taking over the Central Line route as far as Strateford, and divert the Central Line to Tower Hill, Whitechapel (NOW WE HAVE A DIRECT ELL CONNECTION TO THE WEST END!) and Stratford, where it regains the Epping and Hainault branches. |
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