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Old March 2nd 12, 03:16 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default In Greater London ?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:52:19 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 06:05:41 -0800 (PST)
Andy wrote:
Is crossrail being built to take the pressure off the central line or is =
it meant to be simply an east-west thameslink
service?


Surely it is designed to do both, linking the extremities into central
London better as well as relieving the Central line.

Not necessarily. It depends on the frequency of trains. If there's only
going to be a train every 15 or 30 minutes in the centre then I suspect
anyone who wants to do a tube length journey - say from paddington to
farringdon - will just use the tube. And thats assuming they don't stiff
passengers for "special" fares for the "priviledge" of using it as per
heathrow connect.

There aren't any special fares for using Heathrow Connect between
Paddington and H&H. The "special fares", as you put it, apply to any
trains using BAA's tunnel into Heathrow.
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