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Dave Arquati

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Dave Arquati wrote:
It might be necessary, given the length of the trains (up to 245m).
Westbourne Park should stay if Royal Oak were to go; Ladbroke Grove is
an important station, and could be moved so that there were two
entrances; one on Ladbroke Grove itself and the other on Portobello Road.

A similar arrangement could see a long White City station replace both
White City and Latimer Road; it could have a western entrance on Freston
Road and an eastern one on Wood Lane (the platform would not be quite as
long; it would not need to straddle the WLL & West Cross Route, but a
pedestrian bridge could do so).

Finally, a Shepherd's Bush station would be just the right length to run
the length of the market between Uxbridge Road and Goldhawk Road with
entrances at each. However, I'm not sure what impact this would have on
the market itself. If it were too bad, then instead the arrangement
might have to be to get rid of Goldhawk Road station altogether, extend
Shepherd's Bush up towards Wood Lane for White City, ditch Latimer Road
and have Ladbroke Grove run westwards with an entrance north of the
sports centre.

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This is precisely the sort of thing I had in mind. If an interchange
can be provided with the Central Line at White City, I think that would
be an added advantage.

Don't forget that an interchange (well, an H&C station on Wood Lane) is
already being built at White City, and will have been in operation for a
number of years before Crossrail ever appears in the area.

The other issues would be what to do with Hammersmith Depot and where
Circle Line trains should be stabled.

The stock requirement of the Circle (or whatever succeeded it)
operations would go down somewhat. The remaining stabling arrangements
could be to retain a stub towards Royal Oak along which trains could be
stabled; similarly, perhaps use could be made of the defunct Moorgate
Thameslink branch for expansion of the Farringdon sidings.

The new common S-stock should allow greater flexibility in where to
stable trains, so any more sidings needed could be distributed around
some other depots wherever a small expansion could occur.

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