On 5 June, 10:07, Chris Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
Peter Beale wrote:
1506 wrote:

AFIK extending the Bakerloo is fading back into obscurity. *I don't
see any negative issues. *But mixing tube with mainline and subsurface
stoke means that the platforms have to be compromise height. *Better
in my view to keep the Bakerloo as is, and extend the East London Line..

That didn't seem to be a problem for the 65 years (1917-1982) that the
Bakerloo ran to Watford Junction. And of course it remains the situation
from Queens Park to Harrow & Wealdstone.

That's true, but we have a more enlightened attitude to disabled
passengers than our predecessors, so it isn't persuasive.


But all the platforms north of Harrow are still at compromise height,
with a step down from the 313s. Any provision for disabled passengers
could be taken into account by having a raised section in the northern
end of the platforms where the LO services stop and a lowered section
at the southern end, where only the Bakerloo line trains would have
doors; these short sections would have to be in the same spot at each
station and could line up with the areas of the trains with wheelchair
spaces etc.

Such raised sections have already started to appear on the Victoria
line, as part of the upgrade. It's quite unusual not having to step
down from the train.