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Crossrail tunnelling to start shortly
On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:08:49 +0100, Bruce
wrote: Charles Ellson wrote: On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:37:38 -0700 (PDT), 77002 wrote: On Mar 18, 4:01*pm, D7666 wrote: On Mar 18, 12:44*pm, 77002 wrote: Partially by planning to build trains that have few seats and no toilets. This is the cost of involving TfL I suppose. *Why cannot Crossrail be run in a similar manner to Thameslink? I suggest if through route Thameslink did not already exist and/or the present trains on the route did not already exist, then it would be more Crossrail like; indeed, I suggest it would also be a more metro less main line operation, with slow all stations trains to SR ML and GN suburban destinations, without *old NSE *type network express workings. Indeed, if I planned TL from scratch, I'd never have linked it in with GN, but with the Met (and electrified GC suburban) at West Hampstead. Instead we have a supermarket where we should have junctions infrastructure, and three disjointed stations instead of one. West Hampstead is one of London's biggest, wasted, transportation opportunities. It's not conveniently near a seaport to get the people to Oz, is it ? Oh, very funny Charles. ;-) West Hampstead is one of those places where trainspotters pore over lines on maps and think "we must build an interchange station here, so people can change trains between all these converging lines". Given that the lines have all been in situ for more than a century, if there was any real demand for this interchange, don't you think someone would have done it by now? The only evidence of any demand seems to come from trainspotters clutching their rail atlases. I used to work in the area. Those whose navigational abilities were limited to the map in the back of their diary (and there are IME still lots of them) might have agreed but that is not entirely their fault. In past times useful interchange would have been practically limited to those aware of the more exotic routings available with season tickets but that should no longer apply with current zoned ticketing. It is not the idea of interchange between the three stations which is wrong as much as the typically over-enthusiastic plans for achieving it. At a most basic level all that is needed is a properly-operating "out of station" interchange arrangement but that would be greatly helped if all the people capable of using the interchange were aware of it; the walking distances involved are less than many same-station interchanges in Central London. Rather than building one dirty great station, what is needed is improved pedestrian links between them where possible; if/when the NLL and LU/NR bridges at the two southern stations are replaced then there should be no excuse for not incorporating pedestrian routes at that time if not already done as e.g. a partial or complete footbridge/tunnel route from West Hampstead LU via West End Lane station to West Hampstead Midland. The abolition of the long-established failure by assorted parties to admit that LU are not the only railway operators in Greater London would also be a lot of help. |
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