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[email protected] · December 6th 08, 05:05 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Peter Masson) wrote:

Paddington to Maidenhead is 24 miles, and on to Reading a further 12 -
so even without remodelling Reading it will cost quite a bit to wire on
to Reading.

I know about boiling frogs and all that but... 12 miles of OHLE can't be
that much, surely? Especially not if Uncle Roger's rolling programme has
finally started?

However, Reading to London passengers would be unlikely to use
Crossrail if it ran from Reading, as it will be much quicker to take a
non-stop HST to Paddington, and change to LUL or Crossrail there. So
terminating Croassrail at Maidenhead makes good business sense and
operational nonsense.

Why do you think passengers won't want the direct Crossrail services to
their London destinations? Paddington has crap connections to loads of
likely destinations for Reading passengers.

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Colin Rosenstiel