"Richard J." wrote in message
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The Crossrail branch to Kingston will probably replace the District line
service to Richmond. What should happen to the 6 District trains per hour
that currently serve Richmond?

If they are diverted to Wimbledon (as Crossrail appeared to suggest
earlier
this year), it would halve the frequency of District trains to West
Kensington and subsequent stations. On the other hand, with the other
Crossrail branch serving Ealing Broadway, there seems little point in
diverting them all there, which would put more pressure on the section
through Ealing Common where the track is shared with the Piccadilly.

How about sending them to Northfields? There are 4 tracks between Acton
Town and Northfields, so it shouldn't affect the Piccadilly too much.
Also,
with the District serving South Ealing, the Piccadilly could omit that
stop,
which means the Piccadilly could stop at Turnham Green to connect with
Crossrail without affecting journey times (for the Heathrow trains
anyway).
Another advantage is that it doubles the number of trains serving Chiswick
Park, which by then will have 7000 workers at the Chiswick Park office
development.

Or should there be a more radical review of West London tube services
including the Central line?
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)


What about sending the district to Rayners lane? the sending all piccs to
heathrow? in which case the picc and deistrict wouldn't have to share any
track?

"Rob" wrote in message
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The Crossrail branch to Kingston will probably replace the District line
service to Richmond. What should happen to the 6 District trains per
hour
that currently serve Richmond?

What about sending the district to Rayners lane? the sending all piccs to
heathrow? in which case the picc and deistrict wouldn't have to share any
track?

That seems the most logical solution, and would allow increased frequencies
to Heathrow. After all, the line to Rayner's Lane was originally District
wasn't it?

It would be sensible, however, for Crossrail to serve Willesden regardless,
although this would necessitate a dog-leg off the GWML and back again. This
would allow many more lines (WLL, NLL, WCML DC lines) to get a decent
Heathrow connection.

Angus

"Angus Bryant" wrote in message
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"Rob" wrote in message
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The Crossrail branch to Kingston will probably
replace the District line service to Richmond.
What should happen to the 6 District trains per
hour that currently serve Richmond?

What about sending the district to Rayners lane?
the sending all piccs to heathrow? in which case
the picc and deistrict wouldn't have to share any track?

That seems the most logical solution, and would allow
increased frequencies to Heathrow. After all, the line
to Rayner's Lane was originally District wasn't it?

It would be sensible, however, for Crossrail to serve
Willesden regardless, although this would necessitate
a dog-leg off the GWML and back again. This would
allow many more lines (WLL, NLL, WCML DC lines)
to get a decent Heathrow connection.

How about...

* running the missing Crossrail 6tph to Park Royal (via the barely-used
mainline) and then taking over the Picc to Uxbridge, so that the decent
radial railway from Uxbridge to Park Royal has a decent radial continuation
to London, instead of being welded onto an orbital route from Park Royal to
Chiswick
* running the Crossrail Kingston branch via a relocated North Acton station
and a relocated Acton Central station for potential tram interchange
* diverting the North London Line at the relocated North Acton to Heathrow,
calling at Southall and all the other stations that Crossrail won't serve.
* District line taking over Acton Town to Park Royal
* entire Picc service to Heathrow.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes