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[email protected] · April 4th 14, 10:36 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Aurora) wrote:

On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:05:56 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Aurora) wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:50:59 +0100, David Cantrell
wrote:

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 06:29:21PM -0700, Aurora wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:44:10 +0000, Robert
wrote:
Other hot news - there will be no toilets in the trains, nor any
specific accommodation for bicycles[1]: Crossrail is only in the
business of moving people.
Trains sans water closets from Reading to London are unacceptable.

Why not?

The expected journey time from Liverpool St to Maidenhead (the lookup
thingy on the Crossrail website doesn't know about Reading yet,
although the maps do) is 49 minutes. That's pretty much exactly the
same as Aldgate East to Wimbledon on the District Line.

The District Line would not be one's route of choice if travelling
between those stations.

How would you travel between those points, then?

Fair question councillor: My preferred route would be District Line
to Monument, or bus to Bank, then Waterloo and City to Waterloo. At
Waterloo there are clean public conveniences. And, I can stop by WH
Smiths for a Railway Magazine, some candy, and any other supplies.

Should there be a wait for a train to Wimbledon, or, I decide to break
my journey for longer than necessary, there is now an excellent sports
bar upstairs. I might stop for a sandwich and a drink.

The thought of a long, crowded, noisy, hot, subterranean journey along
most of the southern half of the Circle is unattractive in the
extreme.

Each to their own then. The Monument/W&C interchange is pretty tortuous IME.

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Colin Rosenstiel