"Richard J." wrote in message
. uk...
Someone showed me this evening TfL's press release of 18 July on the
Piccadilly Line extension to T5, which I had missed when it was issued. On
that day BAA handed over the extension to LU. The press release is at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...ntre/5507.aspx

Ken Livingstone is quoted as saying "This is a major milestone in the
delivery of the new Piccadilly Line extension to Heathrow Terminal 5. From
March 2008, passengers will benefit from faster, more frequent services on
the line along with increased capacity."
I assume that by "faster" he means that they will absorb some of the
generous recovery allowances in the current timetable.

But I wonder how he justifies the "more frequent" tag? According to the
press release, trains will run to Heathrow every 5 minutes, as at present,
with alternate trains serving T4 and T5. The T4 trains will have a
layover of 7 minutes at T4, so passengers for T123 should wait and catch
the next T5 train in order to reach T123 more quickly.

Yeah, I can really see that working, Not!

tim