Dave Arquati wrote:
Further to the whole Greenford thing, I totally forgot that the
Greenford branch may *not* lose all its passengers if it is cut
back to West Ealing for Crossrail, as Crossrail proposes that the
frequency of the branch is doubled to 4tph (making connections to
Crossrail at West Ealing). There would be cross-platform interchange
from a bay platform for Greenford trains to eastbound Crossrail
trains.

Journey times from Greenford to Liverpool Street would be marginally
quicker via Crossrail than via the Central line (35 mins vs. 38
mins).

How much faster would journey times be from a hypothetical Crossrail
station at North Acton and/or Park Royal instead of the companion LU
station?

I was at North Acton today and could see just how absurdly easy it
would be to dig out the northern edge of the cutting, reinstate double
track and build a pair of side platforms, with stairwell interchange at
North Acton. You could even get a set of lifts to the Central Line
platforms without any major issues...