On Sun, 11 May 2008, Recliner wrote:

"John Rowland" wrote in
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Recliner wrote:
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li

Are the new Central platforms in the right place for a good
interchange should the Piccadilly platforms be moved in the broad,
sunlit uplands of some enlightened future?

No.

That's a pity -- it doesn't look like it would be particularly difficult
to create a decent interchange station, which would make travel around
west London more convenient.

An even better idea - he said, putting on his network editing loony hat -
would be to build a junction there, so that trains from Uxbridge could
join the Central line and head straight on into central London, without
taking their passengers on a round-the houses trip of the west as the Picc
does at the moment. You'd have to delete the Ealing Broadway branch of the
Central for this to be plausible, which means it would only be doable
after Crossrail, which is a pretty effective replacement for that little
branch. You could then run more Picc trains to Heathrow, or transfer one
of the District branches to it to reduce congestion on that line, as has
been mooted (with the Central as the recipient) in the past. North Ealing
station would no longer be served, but the only other station on the
removed segment, Ealing Common, would still have District trains. You
could even run Park Royal - Acton Town as a shuttle.

[removes hat]

tom

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