Jack Taylor wrote:
TheOneKEA wrote:
Leaving the WLL in its current electrified state is a colossal
mistake. At a minimum the OHLE should be extended south to Shepherd's
Bush, and at a maximum, it should be extended south to Kensington
Olympia with the up platform road reinstated to provide four fully
bidirectional roads through the station, releasing capacity in both
directions to allow for additional passenger/freight usage (especially
if Imperial Wharf station ever opens).

Converting most of the NLL to AC would be a good idea.

Both of those comments scream out common sense. I'm sure that I read
somewhere (a couple of years ago) that there were plans to move the AC/DC
changeover point further south (it may even have been at Shepherds Bush
station) for practical reasons, BICBW.

There have been plans to do this for some time, but the issue is the
Hammersmith & City line - AIUI the signalling is not immunised, so the
overhead can't be extended south until the H&C gets resignalled (which
may not be until 2014).

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Dave Arquati
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London