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Old December 30th 15, 09:37 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:34:24 -0600,
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In article ,
(Basil Jet)
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On 2015\12\29 12:14, Recliner wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:11:04 +0000, e27002 aurora
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Now that the Circle is a Tea Cup, the Hammersmith and City is no
longer needed. Why not replace it with a Metropolitan service from
Uxbridge to Barking?

Because they wanted the extra services to Hammersmith, but there isn't
enough capacity on the southern side of the Circle for more Circle
line trains. Also, the H&C stations to Barking may not be long enough
for S8 trains.


Indeed they aren't.


Hardly a major problem these days with SDO and walk-through trains, surely?


One would have thought not. But, we speak of TfL.