Boltar wrote:

Would there be any point in a new east-west tube line? Does the
central line need relieving much?

Hell yes. Go to Bank* station on a weekday at 5pm and see how many
trains you have to wait for before you get to crush yourself onto one.
It's not exactly quiet off peak either. And the Central Line's recently
modernised, which added capacity.

Really, this is silly. It's my view that CrossRail is needed. It's very
expensive, but very important. The government need to decide if it's
going to happen or not and then either do it properly or forget about
it. London does not need or deserve a fudge and if that's what happens -
1506 said it - they'll regret it.

Philip.

* The Northern Line's just as bad, if not worse. The Thameslink upgrade
many help here.