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Boltar · March 17th 05, 08:26 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

wrote:
John Rowland wrote:
Use of the Moorgate branch? I don't know what they mean, unless the
former
plan required widening of the Circle Line platform at Barbican.

It says the redesign is 'At street level'. It sounds like the
disused
(following Thameslink 2000) Widened Lines were going to be used for
passenger access or buildings.

I can't help thinking that closing the moorgate spur is a hopelessly
short sighted decision. Huge numbers of people use thameslink to travel
into the city in the rush hour and if they all have to pile onto the
circle line at farringdon into already overcrowded trains its going to
be
chaos. If they want to make the trains longer why not just delegate
some carriages at the end that won't open their doors at the shorter
farringdon platforms? Works elsewhere in the world. Or would the
bedwetters in the HSE & HMRI have to reach for the smelling salts?

B2003