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Posted by Rail Blue on Mon Jan 8 10:24:30 2007, in response to Re: 93 NEW PHOTOS of the London Underground and National Rail (Was: Cockfosters), posted by Max Roberts on Mon Jan 8 09:05:14 2007. I'm toying with the idea of freeing up the Circle Line by sending the City Branch of the Northern Line from Euston to Finchley Road to Watford/Uxbridge. With long distance Met services (Rickmansworth and beyond) going to Crossrail, a combination of this, and remaining Met services terminating at Baker StreetI may be having a dense moment, but what remaining Met services? This then leaves the remaining Northern Line West End Branch needing a two-branch extension to South London in order to balance the two-branch services in North London. How would you provide enough service on the busy tube stretches to Highgate and Hampstead? Streatham-Thornton Heath-Croydon would be one branch, I need to decide on another BR capture south of Streatham (mustn't divide the service before Streatham or it could cause overloading) that would have equal traffic generation to the East Croydon route. Well, obviously it can't be the Tooting branch ;-) Realistically, you've got just one choice: Streatham Common, portal, Mitcham Eastfields, Mitcham Junction (realigned!), Hackbridge (rubbish station, but uncloseable!), Carshalton, Sutton, Cheam, Ewell East, Epsom. The only problem is that most of the traffic on that route is at just two stations: Sutton and Epsom. A slightly lesser problem is what on earth you do with the 1tph between Dorking North and Horsham - it could go to Waterloo, but the Epsom branch is the prime Chelney target! Oh and why stop at East Croydon? I've walked the area around South Croydon, and it looks like it could do with more service (but obviously the track layout prevents it). Going into a tube again from north of East Croydon station might be a good idea. It might even let you replace the uselessly-sited Purley Oaks station (Sanderstead Rd and Purley Downs Rd are both better locations). Actually, I have a revolutionary idea for a terminal: Coulsdon North. |
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