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[email protected] · November 12th 09, 07:16 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(David of Broadway) wrote:

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:24:19 +0000, Basil Jet wrote:

wrote:

That won't be possible after 13 December. There will be no guaranteed
step-free route from Earl's Court to King's Cross.

Yes there will - the Circles will all terminate alongside the
Barkingbound platform, and the Wimblewares will all terminate
alongside the Hammersmithbound platform. (Or was it the other way
around?)

Is that guaranteed? If trains arrive out of sequence (e.g., a
Wimbleware was running late at Earl's Court so a Circle snuck ahead
of it into High St Kensington), will the second Circle really wait
for the first one to depart (thereby holding up the trains behind
it as well) rather than simply taking the available track? And
then the two back-to-back Wimblewares would have a similar problem.

(It pretty much has to be guaranteed if people who can't climb
stairs are expected to rely on it.)

New York has two two-track terminals laid out like Edgware Rd:
Brighton Beach on the B and 57 St/7 Av on the Q. In both cases,
cross-platform transfers are available (guaranteed!) at the
previous stop; regular riders who need to transfer know not to wait
until the terminal.

Wimbleware to Kings Cross pax have of course got exactly that guarantee at
Paddington (and stations from High St) now but will lose it from December.
That is precisely my gripe.

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Colin Rosenstiel