Paul Terry wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 16 Nov 2004:

In message , Mrs
Redboots writes

Mait001 wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 16 Nov 2004:

Why couldn't for example, a Reading train leaving Waterloo specify
that only the doors of the first 8 carriages will open at certain
stations and the rear 8 carriages at the others?

At that, why could two stops at certain stations not be planned, with
the first 8 carriages, then another brief halt for the rear 8 carriages?

Both ideas need to consider the huge operational problems of the
Windsor lines through Barnes and Richmond - successive level crossings
in an urban area, stations abutting those crossings, Barnes station
abutting the Hounslow loop junction, frequent local stoppers to fit
between the fast services.

I don't know about Mait001, but I was assuming these trains would not
stop everywhere, just at major stations - Richmond perhaps, but not
Barnes! And maybe not even Richmond.... first stop Feltham, perhaps,
and make the most of the link to Heathrow?
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