On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Richard J. wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Mr Thant wrote:

On 28 Dec, 09:57, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
Could they not just transfer that bit back to the District line
using a few more of the new S stock to provide the traction, and
up the Picc frequency to Heathrow?

But then you'd have to take trains away from the other District
branches, or find more capacity further east. Rumour is that the
District Ealing Broadway and Piccadilly Uxbridge branches will
swap over at some point, but I don't think this plan has any official
status.

New to me.

There's been a plan hanging around for decades now for a couple of
miles of tunnel from Shepherd's Bush to Turnham Green, by means of
which the Central line could take over the Richmond branch of the
District.

It even made the Tube Map in (I think) 1920, with a branch of the Central
London Railway from Shepherd's Bush to Gunnersbury shown as "under
construction", though it never was AFAIK. According to this map poster,
which is on show at the Museum Depot during open weekends, stations were
planned at Goldhawk Road, Stamford Brook Common,

Is that (the common) he

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4...&t=h&z=17&om=1

? I can't actually find anything marked with that name on any maps!

If it is, i'm a little surprised it was quite that far west - i would have
thought Seven Stars Corner (Addenswick Rd x Goldhawk Rd) would have been a
better location. Seems not!

Turnham Green (next to the existing station), Turnham Green (near the
green) and Gunnersbury. The Central extension from Wood Lane to Ealing
Broadway is also shown as "under construction", and it was opened later
in 1920.

It seems strange that they wanted to keep the route in tunnel all the way
to Gunnersbury; the current track layout means you can surface at Turnham
Green and go from there (via Chiswick Park, ish) without getting in
anyone's way. Maybe it wasn't always like that, or they thought a stop at
the Green itself was more useful.

There's a photo of the map at http://rjnews.fotopic.net/p47472218.html

Splendid! Although that map's geography is a bit suspect with respect to
the exact positions of roads and stations and things.

tom

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