On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Graeme Wall wrote:

In message
Tom Anderson wrote:

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, John Rowland wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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How about killing the Chiltern services to everywhere inward of Denham
(or perhaps West Ruislip, for interchange), so that the services left
can run fast all the way into Marylebone,

What about Northolt Park and Wembley Stadium?

Ah, i forgot about Northolt Park. Wembley Stadium could perhaps only be
served on match days (or other days when there's a major event at
Wembley), but yes, you'd need to stop at Northolt Park.

Count the number of days when there isn't a major event at Wembley.
Remember it is not just the football ground that is served by that
station, there are 4(?) exhibition halls, the Conference Centre and the
Arena as well.

Okay, so maybe this fast Chiltern idea wasn't so hot after all.

The idea of using the GW line from Greenford to Acton to run long-range
Centrals fast is still a goer, though, and doing that could allow Chiltern
trains to skip one of the Ruislips. Mind you, having Central Line trains
skip two or three stations and Chilterns skip one is hardly a revolution
in journey times.

This idea shouldn't screw up freight too badly, though - it doesn't touch
the Greenford loop (although i'm still in favour of using that branch for
the Central Line, that's a separate idea!), or the mainline from Greenford
to Ruislip. It would be a problem from the point of view of freight
operations on the actual stretch of line from Greenford to Acton; ISTR
there are various freight sidings and terminals and whatnot down there,
which would stymie the plan.

tom

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