On Apr 30, 12:09*pm, Mizter T wrote:

I still find the whole thing rather absurd. The XC service never
provided a link between Wandsworth Road, KO and Ealing Broadway - it
only ever stopped at KO. No-one in their right mind would use this new
parliamentary service as a way of getting between any of the stations
served by the defunct XC service. That said, I know the law isn't
concerned with what services were provided over certain lines, just
that the lines were 'passenger served'. And I suppose it's perhaps a
case of better the devil you know (in the form of these rather
peculiar rules) than the devil you don't (i.e. much weaker or non-
existent closure rules).

Yes, the belated Passenger Focus campaign completely missed the point
in its determination to keep these bits of steel and concrete
technically open for passengers. They could have suggested long-term
service patterns to serve the line for the benefit of the public, or
campaigned for a mechanism by which the route could be 'mothballed' in
passenger service terms until a better use can be found for it. No
doubt they will now issue a press release crowing about their
'victory' in securing a useless service. Well done PF!

Given that LO orbital services will terminate at CLJ in the longer
term i.e. not do a complete circuit, could we see a parliamentary
genuine Ringbahn service if they are asked to serve this section of
line? Phil Sayer will be exhausted by the time he's read all the ELL,
NLL and WLL stations twice :-)