On Apr 16, 3:50*am, James Farrar wrote:
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On Apr 14, 3:32*pm, James Farrar wrote:
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By changing at High St or Paddington to a Circle train, a same
platform interchange, this meant the only stairs to be
negotiated
were at East Putney (since the King's Cross lift was
installed).
Changing at Edgware Road far too often involves crossing the
footbridge and the requirement for that is unpredictable. Now
it
will be mandatory much of the time. :-((

The claim is that such changes at Edgware Road will always be
cross-platform.

I presume this will be achieved by the following layout:

Plat 1: H&C/Teacup from Paddington to Baker Street
Plat 2: Teacup from Paddington terminate
Plat 3: Wimbleware from Paddington terminate
Plat 4: H&C/Teacup from Baker Street to Paddington

Possibly with platforms 2 and 3 the other way round; but either
way, passengers who wish to go HSK/NHG/Bayswater to Baker Street
or
beyond will be able to know which type of terminating train to *
get
for a cross-platform.

Sounds like a new meaning of the word "always" of which I was
previously unaware. If I'm on a Wimbleware

then you're not on a Circle Line train.

Read what I said. I'm trying to get from East Putney to King's Cross
via
the minimum number of stairs. At present I normally only need one
same-platform change, between High St and Paddington.

So in future you'll need two. Big deal.


Er, no. His point was "same-platform" (or cross-platform would do)
but there will be no way of ensuring that, nor any way of knowing in
advance which platform one will go into at Edgware Road.

If the plan is still to terminate half the Wimbledons at HSK off peak,
more than half the terminators will be Teacups, so it's not likely
they'll always use the same platform.