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Old Oak Common mega interchange
On 18 Mar, 18:36, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:25:07 -0700 (PDT), kev wrote: HS2 are proposing an interchange between High Speed 2, Crossrail, and all services out of Paddington (including the Heathrow express), at Old Oak Common. But there's also the possibility of (a) the West London Line (b) the North London Line and (c) the Central Line serving the new station. Old Oak Common could become more important than Stratford or Clapham Junction. HS2 don't seem to have investigated (a)-(c) yet, but they are shown as possibilities in the government command paper. What are people's views on how plausible these extra interchanges are? I don't know the area well myself. snip I think it's an excellent idea. *In fact it is such a good idea that Old Oak Common (OOC) should be the terminus of High Speed 2. * If OOC is going to include interchanges with all those lines, there's precious little point going on to Euston where interchange opportunities will be far fewer. *That will also save the not inconsiderable cost of rebuilding Euston. High Speed 2 considered this. Their conclusion: "Old Oak Common: Further demand analysis continued to suggest that the journey time penalty for central London passengers using these stations as the only London terminal was likely to severely reduce the benefits of HS2. A Crossrail connection at Old Oak Common or Willesden Junction would allow some passengers a quicker journey time to the East or West of London, but the bulk of the demand for HS2 would come from the central, north and south of London which would be best served by a central London station." See p59: http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/hi...f/chapter3.pdf |
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