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Default Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone

Tom Anderson wrote:
And there's quite a few more trains west of Paddington planned, which
would require platforms Paddington doesn't have.


Okay, i thought it was path-for-path. There will be more actual trains
under Crossrail?


There have to be. Extending the line makes the existing line desirable to
more punters - if it didn't, there would be little point in extending the
line in question.


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Default Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, John Rowland wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

And there's quite a few more trains west of Paddington planned, which
would require platforms Paddington doesn't have.


Okay, i thought it was path-for-path. There will be more actual trains
under Crossrail?


There have to be. Extending the line makes the existing line desirable
to more punters - if it didn't, there would be little point in extending
the line in question.


If the trains were longer, that would do it, though, wouldn't it?

tom

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