TheOneKEA wrote:
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 imagine times would be similar to those from Acton Main Line;
Crossrail quote 16 minutes to Liverpool Street, compared to 30 minutes
via the Central line.

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...

I discovered the other day that the High Wycombe corridor considered
previously would have included a station at Park Royal/North Acton. It
was also once proposed that Crossrail take over the Central line from
North Acton to Ealing Broadway.

In any case, I hope advantage is taken of Acton Main Line as a gateway
station from Crossrail to Park Royal - the current 440 bus misses Acton
Main Line to head off into the depths of West Acton.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London