On Apr 22, 11:30*pm, asdf wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:31:57 GMT, Richard J. wrote:
Wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of Barons Court on the Picc and
replace it with Turnham Green?

No. Baron's Court has more passengers entering and exiting the station
per year (6.7M) than Turnham Green (5.9M). * (2007 figures on the TfL
site, the most recent available)

I don't see any reason to link these two issues. If a Picc stop at
Barons Court is not justified, then that's the case regardless of
whether it stops at Turnham Green. And vice versa.

The point is if a Picc stop could be justified at both Barons Court
and Turnham Green, then this could mean the Picc making an extra stop
compared to the current service - and that has all sorts of knock-on
implications for journey durations (esp. notable is Heathrow - central
London), timetabling and the number of trains required. So if there's
a desire not to upset that apple cart, then it becomes a bit of a
battle between Barons Court and Turnham Green.

Of course once the Picc has new signalling and ATO (? I presume that's
the plan) then maybe another stop could be slotted in without messing
up the timings too much.