On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:09:27 +0000, Robert
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On 2016-01-14 13:55:32 +0000, Recliner said:

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:44:18 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2016\01\14 13:17, Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:08:41 +0000, e27002 aurora
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:14:35 +0000, Steve Fitzgerald
] wrote:

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Anna Noyd-Dryver writes

Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

We have to take trains from Ealing Common to Edgware Road for H&C
services now.


Thanks Steve, I've been meaning to come back to this post - apparently only
6 S7s stable at Hammersmith overnight now.

Really? I didn't realise it was that few now as the other stabling
points haven't changed much.

Last time I was at HMD (for training) there were quite a few trains
about and space for, I would guess maybe 20 to 25 in total.

HMD was very much a C stock depot and once they went everything was
focused at Ealing Common and Upminster (and a couple at Neasden) which
both now provide H&C trains for service.

So, Anna's point seems to have more, and more merit. Unfortunately it
is too late now. The 14tph will remain as terminators.

But at OOC when it opens, which will be more useful than Paddington.

Yeah, but will OOC need 24tph? Would 12 not have been enough, with the
other twelve (or fewer) going to Hammersmith?

Why this sudden fixation with changing the service to Hammersmith?
It's an inner city line with frequent stops, well-served with Circle
and H&C S7 trains that were designed for it. Adrian seems to have
some vendetta against the H&C, apparently because it's lost its
original Metropolitan Line links.

If Crossrail were to have an additional western destination, it should
be on a line that gets it out of inner London, such as the WCML (to
Tring) or the Chiltern (perhaps to Gerrards Cross).

As grade separated junctions seem to be all the rage nowadays (Hitchin,
Nuneaton, Doncaster, Norton Bridge, Reading, Stockley Bridge and Action
that I can think of!) I still feel that Windsor would make an excellent
end point for Crossrail. It could easily accept 4 trains per hour
off-peak - all those tourists - and it's not so far that the lack of
on-board toilets could start becoming uncomfortable (!)

Agreed. Unfortunately, it is not even being considered by the powers
that be.

That leaves another 10tph to be accounted for...