Both the London Lite and the Evening Standard today carried news about
changes to the Circle Line due this December. The level of journalism isn't
the best - both talked about the "Hammersmith & City Line" being "extended"
from Aldgate to Barking, so the reports may not be 100% accurate.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...ith/article.do

As discussed previously on this group, the plan is to reallocate the Circle,
H&C and Metropolitan lines as follows:

a) Met diverted from Aldgate to Barking, taking over the H&C branch
b) The Circle line service disappears
c) The Hammersmith branch of the H&C is combined with the Circle so trains
run from Hammersmith to Edgware Road then once round the inner circle.

Trains on the Hammersmith branch will be doubled. There will be no regular
through service between the west and north of the circle, but passengers are
being promised cross platform interchange. Also flagged as a positive is
that there is a depot on the line route (the Circle lacks one).

Interestingly the reports suggest that on the return journey the trains will
run directly back to Hammersmith, rather than back round the circle first.
There will be an alternative route that runs the other way round the circle.

The East London Advertiser, instead, suggests a single route with the trains
going back round the circle:

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.u...A37%3A46%3A103