On 12 Feb, 20:22, wrote:

On 12 Feb, 19:17, Mizter T wrote:

On 12 Feb, 19:05, "Paul Scott" wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote:

It is physically possible for trains to go direct from Wandsworth Road
straight onto the WLL for West Brompton, Kensington Olympia and
the rest.

They should do that once or twice a day, at start or end of service, to get
a train from NXG to/from the WLL. *Could allow half of that so called XC
'ghost bus' service to be binned...

Yes, I suggested the same myself back in those 'ghost bus' threads!
The 'LO trackbasher's special', at especially inhospitable hours!

The DfT has actually announced that an Ealing Broadway Wandsworth
Road rail bus replacement rail replacement service (IYSWIM!) is going
to be part of the new Southern franchise. And what an awkward bugger
to run it's going to be, as one of Southern's Class 171 units will
have to be diverted to service it. See The Ticket Collector for the
saga, at: http://theticketcollector.wordpress.com

Specifically for the latest announcement:
http://theticketcollector.wordpress....parliamentaryg...

Regards
Brian


Intriguing stuff, thanks for highlighting that. It'd be good to have
some further verification that this is indeed the plan, but the bit on
the Ticket Collector blog does sound convincing.

Of course, just because Southern will be responsible for running it
doesn't mean it actually has to be run by one of Southern's own trains
- they could reach an agreement with FGW or even London Overground to
get them to run it, though whether FGW or LO would be that keen is
another matter!

I still think the whole thing's pretty absurd.