"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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"Roland Perry" wrote

They seem to be talking about a new line from Heathrow to St Pancras.

The original HEx plans had a second terminus at St Pancras, via a route
through north London - this new one might be a tunnel. Is it too late to
divert Crossrail slightly, and have one of its stations at St Pancras?
Or
maybe a very long travelator from Farringdon

Crossrail is not an 'express' service. Its services are all stations
stoppers
from the airport, which is why it takes over Connect, not HEx. Unless it
is
to have overtaking loops of course...

I'll wait to see the actual proposals before I comment on them. However, a
previous thread suggested that HEx would be likely to lose to Crossrail
passengers who now transfer from HEx to LUL at Paddington, plus others who
transfer to taxis, but will now do so at another Crossrail station. So there
might be a case for diverting HEx (in tunnel, not wandering all round
Cricklewood) to St Pancras. Passengers who needd to travel between heathrow
and Paddington will still be able to use Crossrail.

Peter