The barriers at Euston platforms 8-11 cannot cope
On 27 Feb, 13:11, Mizter T wrote:
On 27 Feb, 12:47, Jamie *Thompson wrote:
On 27 Feb, 12:35, Mr Thant
wrote:
You could also have trains stop at Queen's Park to relieve pressure on
the terminus, like Finsbury Park does for King's Cross.
You'd be better off doing so at Willesden Junction, if it had its
platforms again. Much better connections to be had there.
But of course it doesn't have any platforms, nor any remnants of the
old platforms. Queen's Park has platforms already standing and ready
for use.
Past comments here have suggested that timetabling requirements would
mean stopping at QP would be quite awkward.
For the future, when everything gets sent to Camden or the Bakerloo, I
keep on suggesting a new crossover to the east of Queens Park and a
service from Euston doing South Hampstead, Kilburn High Road, Queens
Park, Wembley, Harrow, Wembley, Watford and wherever. That would save
two stations losing a service to Euston, and it could replace current
semi fasts. They'd be out of the way till Queens Park, from where
they'd take an existing semi fast path.
It seems to me that putting in a crossover in the meantime, in
anticipation of the change, could be used to allow stopping at Queens
Park and then getting out of the way via the electric tracks to avoid
holdups. The electric tracks aren't exactly overused from Euston to
Queen's Park after all.
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