On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, 1506 wrote:

On Jan 5, 12:23*pm, amogles wrote:
On 1 Jan., 13:41, Robert Cox wrote:

The Crossrail tunnels will cost billions and will have to be
intensively used to make any sort of financial sense.

Crossrail will be designed to handle the peak load at peak time. That
means that the rest of the time there will be spare capacity. How about
routing a limited number of intercity trains through the tunnel at off
peak times? It is precisely at late evenings that the lower density of
trains on the Underground makes changing btween London terminii take
longer. If the last trains to Bristols or Cardiff could pick up theatre
goers in central London that might help make the train an option where
it isn't today.

Great theory. Will your intercity trains be fitted with ATO and the
correct emergency equipment for the tunnel section?

Yes, and they'll be double-decker. And sleepers. Which works, because due
to the height constraints, there's only room for someone to lie down on
each deck.

tom

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