Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:25:07 -0700 (PDT), kev
wrote:

HS2 are proposing an interchange between High Speed 2, Crossrail, and
all services out of Paddington (including the Heathrow express), at
Old Oak Common.

But there's also the possibility of

(a) the West London Line
(b) the North London Line
and (c) the Central Line

serving the new station. Old Oak Common could become more important
than Stratford or Clapham Junction.

HS2 don't seem to have investigated (a)-(c) yet, but they are shown as
possibilities in the government command paper.

What are people's views on how plausible these extra interchanges are?
I don't know the area well myself.

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I think it's an excellent idea. In fact it is such a good idea that
Old Oak Common (OOC) should be the terminus of High Speed 2.

If OOC is going to include interchanges with all those lines, there's
precious little point going on to Euston where interchange
opportunities will be far fewer. That will also save the not
inconsiderable cost of rebuilding Euston.


Do the opposite. Implement an underground travelator link between Euston,
Euston Square and KX/STP, lay more "classic network" tracks between OOC and
Euston alongside HS2, move all "classic" services from Paddington to Euston
and close Paddington. Fully integrated transport hub in KX/Euston/STP -
Eurostar, Hex, HS1, HS2, WCML, GWML, MML, ECML etc.

It'll never happen though