"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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There is then the pathing problem, though, which is probably the real
reason these stations don't get more trains. If some four-tracking could
be provided, that would be lovely, but i have no idea if it could; it
probably wouldn't be cost-effective anyway.

All stations Wembley Stadium to Northolt Park had through lines and platform
loops at one time, while Northolt Junction to West Ruislip was 4-tracked,
with platforms on the slow lines only. However, on a basically double track
line, even if some platfrom loops were reinstated, Chiltern couldn't run a
good Metro-style service within Greater London, and a would-be inter-city
service to Birmingham. *If there was a demand for a Metro-style service*,
the best way would be to divert the long distance service back to Paddington
(as it used to be) - not possible at present due to lack of sufficient
platfrms at Paddington, but the situation will change when much of the FGWL
slow line service is transferred to Crossrail. However, I would find it
difficult to argue that the local transport needs of the Northolt, Sudbury,
Harrow, and Wembley area aren't adequately served by the Central,
Piccadilly, Met, and Bakerloo lines, plus Silverlink at Wembley Central and
Harrow & Wealsdtone.

Peter