On Tuesday, 23 May 2017 00:43:20 UTC+1, Ding Bat wrote:
On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 1:23:22 AM UTC+5:30, Recliner wrote:
Ding Bat wrote:
If, hypothetically, the judge finds that Heathrow has the right to levy
this charge, it would be possible to charge less per train by running
more trains by adding more destinations. Heathrow Connect to Paddington
is slated to be phased out in favor of Crossrail to Paddington.

No, the 9-car, 4 tph Crossrail trains will go from Heathrow T4 to Abbey
Wood. They will replace the 5-car, 2 tph Heathrow Connect service to
Paddington.

To Paddington en route to a further destination, I mean. From Paddington, some will go on to Abbey Wood, others will go on to Shenfield and still others might take the route to Shenfield but turn back at some point before Shenfield.

Heathrow Connect could be continued as a service to Stratford rather than
Paddington; it would become the easiest way to get from Heathrow to a
number of northern suburbs by mass transit. In addition, trains could be
run from Heathrow to busy junctions - Reading and Clapham Junction come to mind.

Using what route?

Heathrow Connect ceases to exist in May 2018. the Crossrail TOC takes over the service. There will be no spare paths for trains to go anywhere else. The rolling stock will presumably go off lease as new class 345s will take over.

TfL have published details of the planned Crossrail service pattern. Heathrow trains will run directly to Abbey Wood. That is the proposed service pattern. The only exceptions will be at the start and end of the peaks and possibly early morning or late night where the service pattern may vary in order to get trains back to / from depots. There will be NO regular service to / from the Shenfield route to / from Heathrow. Shenfield route trains will run to Paddington / West Drayton / Reading.

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