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Old April 13th 16, 10:49 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Robin[_4_] Robin[_4_] is offline
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Default Crossrail - poor interchanges. Now he tells us

On 12/04/2016 20:36, eastender wrote:
"...commuters needing to change from Crossrail on to the tube or other
services could find time savings eroded by the distances they need to
cover within stations, according to Andrew Adonis, the chairman of the
national infrastructure commission."


What he doesn't say there is whether the time savings in the investment
appraisal were based on unrealistic times for interchanges. If they
were based on realistic times, the time savings are not eroded.

Commuters' expectations may be unrealistic but ISTM that's another matter.


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