On Jun 11, 6:15*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:
"77002" wrote



AFIK, the Greenford trains will no longer run thru to Paddington.

The proposal is for the Greenfords to run as a Greenford - West Ealing
shuttle, using a new Bay at West Ealing, and not conflicting with the Relief
Lines at all.

One missing link is Willesden Junction to Ealing Broadway - is there a case
for extending Barking to Gospel Oak trains to Greenford?

It is a neat idea Peter. However, I think paths thru Ealing Broadway
will be hard to find post Crossrail. Since demand for such a service
is unknown, it is difficult to make a case for it.

It had occurred to that one way to provide a thru service to somewhere
from the Greenford branch would be to electrify it, with the third and
fourth rail, and extend a Central Line service from Greenford to West
Ealing. However, that would raise all sorts of issues concerning
platforms lengths, signalling, etc. Moreover the branch is utilized
for diversions during engineering work.