Mr Thant wrote:
Is the underused line - the Dudding Hill Junction Line to Acton - Does
this see much traffic these days?

Yes it is, and it sees a few freight trains a day I think.

Semaphore signals, links several main lines, through industrial and
heavily populated areas... The term criminal neglect comes to mind.

Passenger trains should run on it asap, with a guarantee to continue
them. Doesn't much matter where to or from - people will adjust their
commuting patterns to suit.

Worth looking at the accompanying PDF at the bottom of this page:
http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/me...08/brent_cross

As rail fantasy, It's up there with the finest work of uk.t.l. It even
manages to include a North Acton triangle interchange station. I
especially like the half mile gap between Brent Cross shopping centre
and the Dudding Hill branch (including the crossing of the Midland
Mainline), where they can't even see a possible route.

And the idea of taking over one track and leaving the other for
freight is crazy. Two shared tracks are fine, given flexible enough
signalling and passenger trains that can match the freights' average
speed.

What you might call phase 1, some sort of people-mover between Brent
Cross Northern Line and (proposed) Brent Cross Thameslink, looks
achievable and could help reduce car journeys in the area. The
technology this would use is not what you'd want for Dudden Hill, though.

Colin McKensie

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