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Old April 4th 12, 07:12 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Crossrail tunnelling to start shortly

On Apr 4, 7:37*pm, Jamie Thompson wrote:
On Wednesday, 4 April 2012 07:26:31 UTC+1, 77002 *wrote:
There is no space for Chiltern and Metropolitan Platforms at West
Hampstead. *However, allowing Thameslink passengers easy access the
West End (thru the Jubilee Line), and the orbital services provided by
London Overground would be very worthwhile. *It would certainly offer
an alternative to the crowded Marylebone Road/Euston Road
interchanges.


Whilst I am also of the opinion that Chiltern platforms at WH would be worth the cost, far more useful I suspect would be a rebuild for Met platforms (I'm thinking islands as at WP & FR), with the current ones at FR skipped.. The Met stopping at FR can only interchange with the Jubilee...but interchanging at WH....much more useful. On their own, Chiltern platforms probably don't stack up....but adding in an island for Chiltern whilst doing the rebuild for the Met kinda makes sense...


But is there enough room to do this? IIRC the line (GC, Met, Jubilee)
is in something of a cutting at this point.