"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
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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.

The Metropolitan line will still go to Aldgate as present. The planned
service is

6tph Hammersmith - Barking
6tph Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Aldgate - Victoria - Edgware Road
6tph Uxbridge - Aldgate
6tph Wimbledon - Edgware Road

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).

I don't see how they can promise cross-platform interchange. There will
be a 50% chance of cross-platform interchange depending on which
platform is used.

Peter Smyth