On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:56:36 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, D7666 wrote:

On Jul 13, 3:57 pm, Charles Ellson wrote:

Any time I have been down that way the non-rush hour loadings of the
tube trains on the DC line hardly seem to exceed about a dozen people

Really IMHO what needs to be done - nay should have been done under WCML
PUG - is abandon the DC out of Euston, convert it to AC and have a full
6 track railway between Euston and Watford.

To what end? It's 4-track north of Watford Junction, so having six tracks
between Euston and there doesn't increase the functional capacity of the
line. The only thing i can think of that you could use these new OHLE
tracks for would be a local service to WJ - and they're doing that pretty
well with DC electrification. Unless you're suggesting a rather more
frequent service to St Albans Abbey?

Kensal Green and South Hampstead tunnels might knacker the provision
of OHLE if the clearances aren't sufficient although dual-voltage
stock would cure that (i.e. proper stuff, not 313s). ISTR someone else
has already suggesting converting St.Albans to trams, which if done
Karlsruhe-style cures the problem of getting from the east side of
Watford to the DC line (i.e. go via the streets rather than provide a
flyover/under) and provides an excuse for at least partial provision
of AC electrification on the north end of the DC line and the outer
parts of the Met.