On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:43:50 -0000, "Peter Masson"
wrote:
"Recliner" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:02:52 +0000 (UTC), (Joe keane)
wrote:
Run the Hammersmith & City more west, and have it take over the branch to
Richmond.
How would it get on to that branch?
Too much has been built over, but the LSWR used to run a service from
Waterloo to Richmond via West London Junction, Addison Road (now Kensington
Olympia), a long-lost curve from south of Shepherds Bush to South of
Goldhawk Road, then parallel with the Hammersmith (H&C) line, with a spur
from it, to the L&SW Hammersmith station, then a curve to the District west
of Hammersmith at Studland Road Junction. In 1905 the line was quadrupled
between Studland Road Junction and Turnham Green, the District being given
exclusive use of the southern pair. After 1916 the northern L&SW pair were
left derelict, until 1932, when the Piccadilly was projected over the centre
pair, with the District taking the outer pair.
Exactly: the old viaduct would bring the Hammersmith trains on to the
Picc, not the District. Also, trains taking that route would not
actually stop at either LU Hammersmith station.