Tom Anderson wrote:
On 2 Mar 2005, James wrote:


Clive Coleman wrote in message ...


In message , James
writes


Worse still, I've been on trains which have sat around for a minute
and a half at Earlsfield. Not long ago, half the trains wouldn't even
have stopped there.

The dynamics of an urban railway are very different to that of running a
transport service in the boondocks. The problem is that SWT are forced
to try and operate like a country railway within the urban section.


What, like every other TOC operating in London?


They should be allowed, like LUL, to run a metro service with 15-20
second stops and simply getting on with it.


I agree entirely - including providing trains with lots more doors, every
5 minutes or less.

Surely the only solution that would allow such a service would be
isolation of the metro tracks from the "country" tracks - much like
Crossrail hopes to do (although the current setup of the GW and GE makes
their plan relatively easy).


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