"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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If so, isn't that going to confuse the passengers, having the same route
pass through the same station twice on one trip ? The next station could
be
either Baker Street, Paddington H+C, or Paddington D+C depending on which
phase
and direction it's going in. Edgware Road DHC has severe platform
predictability
problems as it is.

I don't think running the new H&C in this manner would be any more
confusing than now. The next station for any given train can already be
any of the three you mentioned, and the only difference to the current
situation would be that trains to Gloucester Road and beyond would depart
from the same platforms as the Wimbledon service.

In fact, it's slightly less complicated than the current situation.
Currently, the outermost platform is for Baker St, the middle two
platforms are for Earl's Court and the innermost platform is for
Gloucester Road or Hammersmith. That means that trains to Notting Hill
Gate can depart from three different platforms.

If the new pattern runs as it should, then it would be outermost platform
for Baker Street, middle two platforms for Notting Hill Gate / Paddington
(Praed St) and innermost platform for Hammersmith and Paddington (Bishops
Rd). Trains to Paddington can depart from as many platforms as now, but
trains to NHG only depart from two instead of three platforms.

How feasible would it be to segregate the lines at Edgware Road by having
the through trains to/from Hammersmith using the north island and the
terminating trains from Bayswater using the south island? This would remove
all conflicting moves in this area.

Peter Smyth