Sir Benjamin Nunn wrote:
"TKD" wrote in message
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Now that the Jubilee Line no longer serves the complex
that was Charing Cross, the two remaining lines are
so far apart that interchange between them is too long.
Is there any truth that they are going to be reseparated
back into two stations (with or without an interchange) ?
I've not heard anything official, but personally this is one fairly
simple change I'd like to see. I think it makes a great deal of sense
to have a "Trafalgar Square" station (think of the tourists) - plus
showing an interchange here is not particularly helpful, especially if
coming from the Bakerloo side of things.
On line diagrams inside Bakerloo and Northern line trains it is not
shown as an interchange:


I don't think that reverting the Northern Line to Strand would be
particularly beneficial at this stage, but renaming the Bakerloo would
definitely have it's benefits.

I'm not sure... calling one "Trafalgar Square" when the other isn't
(i.e. as it was pre-Jubilee) might result in a Covent Garden scenario
where tourists want to go to Trafalgar Square and so make an unnecessary
change to the Bakerloo line from the Northern.

The same might apply for those unfamiliar with the area trying to get to
Charing Cross mainline station - if only the Northern line station is
called Charing Cross, they might think they have to go there; if there
is *no* station called Charing Cross, they might wonder why, and if
Embankment gets renamed Charing Cross, then people end up going to the
only station out of the three that actually has no integrated connection
with the main line station :-)

They could then be shown on the map as a 'Bank/Monument' type interchange.

That could work - but then one of the reasons for renaming one was to
avoid people interchanging there.

Personally, I'd like to rebuild at least one from Elephant, Waterloo,
Embankment or Charing X to allow cross platform interchange with the
Northern line. It's annoying that none of the interchanges are particularly
convenient.

BTN




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