On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:31:51 -0000, "NY" wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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In the latest RAIL, the Business Development Manager (I think that was his
title) of Chiltern says that he wants to run trains to Old Oak Common via
the Park Royal line, which he said would need upgrading. I presume he was
talking about more than the one return journey the line gets now.

And I presume he intends running trains ultimately to Paddington, not
terminating them at OOC :-)

I wonder if his intention will be eventually to run all Birmingham/Wycombe
trains to Paddington rather than Marylebone, or whether some trains will go
to Paddington and some/most to Marylebone.

When Marylebone was under threat of closure in the 1980s, the plane was for
all Wycombe trains to use the Park Royal line.
Why Paddington? Once OOC is up and running as a Crossrail station it
makes perfect sense for Chiltern to target it.