"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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The problem on the Victoria line is in the centre rather than at the
edges. You *could* extend it to Croydon - but there'd be no room on the
trains for anyone else to actually get on them. In the outer areas, it
might be possible to dedicate existing track to Crossrail-like services
and thus improve the frequency (part of the current problem in South
London is conflicting movements as trains cross each other's routes).

Thinking about this, I wonder how many of the passengers leaving and joining
the Victoria Line at Victoria are actually headed for stations which would
be served by an extension? If it is quicker to stay on board and go to
Streatham Common or Thornton Heath, say, then they wouldn't be tempted to
change at Victoria, so congestion would reduce.

Presumably you would use the slow lines from Streatham Common to Croydon for
the Victoria line trains?
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