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Blockade of cross London Thameslink services from Saturday 11thSeptember 2004 until 2005
Lawrence Myers wrote:
Dave Arquati wrote: Cadman wrote: "eurostardriver" wrote in message e.com... Roland Perry wrote in message s.co.uk... In message , at 21:56:34 on Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Robin Mayes remarked: Please avoid using Kings Cross underground station, if possible Kentish Town or West Hampstead provide useful interchanges onto LUL, but some clever person has decided Thameslink services will not call at these stations between 07.30 and 09.30 to prevent overcrowding. Doesn't make much sense to me as this means all passengers will be forced into the Kings Cross/St Pancras area making the overcrowding there 3 times worse. Regards E*driver Thameslink didn't want this. It was at the insistance of LUL as they stated that the platforms at West Hampstead and Kentish Town underground stations cannot safely handle large numbers of pax. Neil Out of interest why is this? I could possibly understand Kentish Town but West Hampstead seems to have pretty large platforms (although admittedly not very many ticket gates - but those could be left open at busy times). I'd be more concerned about overcrowding on the walking route along West End Lane. With more planning, maybe LUL could have stopped some Mets at West Hampstead, allieviating the crowding issue. However I guess that would have required a complicated recast of the timetable. At which platform? W Hampstead only has an island platform serving the Jubilee line. North of there the first track connection between Met & Jubilee is north of Neasden Oops, my mistake. I must have been thinking of Willesden Green instead. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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