Aidan Stanger wrote:
Barry Salter wrote:


On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:15:31 +1030, (Aidan Stanger)
wrote:


The GOBLIN has a far greater potential as a light rail route.

And what would you propose doing with the substantial freight traffic
along the route should such a conversion come to fruition?


(snip NLL plan)

Speaking of light rail, and returning to the Greenford branch, perhaps
it would be useful to convert the Greenford branch to tram and connect
it to the West London Tram at West Ealing Broadway (passing over or
under the GWML from Drayton Green to reach Eccleston Road, perhaps).
Services could run from Greenford to both Shepherd's Bush via Ealing and
Uxbridge via Southall, providing some orbital links.

At Greenford, it might be useful to serve the industrial estates around
the canal, or the business estates at Perivale. From Greenford, a
tramline might connect up to Harrow (providing excellent orbital links
from radial stations at Harrow-on-the-Hill, South Harrow or improved
Chiltern services at Northolt Park), or even from Perivale via Alperton
and the canalside industrial areas to Wembley and/or Park Royal -
perhaps even onwards to Willesden Junction.

A whole host of potentially useful semi-orbital services could then feed
into the radial ones along the West London Tram route, and would also
provide one-change access from the M4 corridor via Crossrail (changing
at Hanwell) to Park Royal.


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"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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Speaking of light rail, and returning to the Greenford
branch, perhaps it would be useful to convert the
Greenford branch to tram and connect it to the
West London Tram at West Ealing Broadway

This sort of thing was investigated and rejected by the tram project team.

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John Rowland wrote:
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...

Speaking of light rail, and returning to the Greenford
branch, perhaps it would be useful to convert the
Greenford branch to tram and connect it to the
West London Tram at West Ealing Broadway


This sort of thing was investigated and rejected by the tram project team.

Any idea why?

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Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

snip

But what would replace the Greenford triangle, to allow HSTs to reverse
formation after interesting diversions in the West Country?

TheOneKEA wrote:
snip

But what would replace the Greenford triangle, to allow HSTs to reverse
formation after interesting diversions in the West Country?

I'm sure some alternative could be found. A giant turntable, perhaps...
or setting up some sort of circuit around the Willesden railway lands.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:

TheOneKEA wrote:

But what would replace the Greenford triangle, to allow HSTs to
reverse formation after interesting diversions in the West Country?

I'm sure some alternative could be found. A giant turntable, perhaps...
or setting up some sort of circuit around the Willesden railway lands.

Half-pipe?

tom

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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:


TheOneKEA wrote:


But what would replace the Greenford triangle, to allow HSTs to
reverse formation after interesting diversions in the West Country?

I'm sure some alternative could be found. A giant turntable, perhaps...
or setting up some sort of circuit around the Willesden railway lands.


Half-pipe?

They could make it a rollercoaster and sell tickets for it at Paddington
- make some money out of turning the trains around!

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Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

On 16 Feb 2005 13:43:03 -0800, TheOneKEA wrote:

But what would replace the Greenford triangle, to allow HSTs to reverse
formation after interesting diversions in the West Country?

Hammersmith & City to Aldgate East, to Tower Hill, to Paddington )

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