lonelytraveller wrote:
West Ruislip - Connecting this station up to a new station on the
metropolitan would mean that you could make the connection to Uxbridge
quite easily, rather than needing to use local transport instead, or
having to go via acton, which is ridiculous.


This area is far from densely populated, and a new station would never
pass any cost-benefit analysis. If you're travelling from the Central
line to Uxbridge, the proposed Park Royal interchange may help - but
otherwise, the demand isn't really there.

West Ruislip is very close to the metropolitan/piccadilly line, which
is why I have never understood why the other lines don't have an
interchange station here, since it makes journeys between the lines
particularly awkward.

As I said before - the population is really dense enough to justify an
extra station, as the area to the south is just fields! As for an
interchange, it probably wouldn't facilitate enough journeys to make it
worthwhile constructing platforms on the Met (and inconveniencing Met
passengers with the extra journey time). If anything, it would probably
be worth more to potential Chiltern passengers travelling to Uxbridge or
Harrow, rather than to Met/Central interchange passengers.

It wouldn't be that convenient an interchange either - it would be a
good 5-minute walk from the platforms at West Ruislip to the Met.


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