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Brompton Road to re-open?
"Richard J." wrote in message
om... wrote on 04 September 2009 19:09:47 ... news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/people_and_places.../8236894.stm www.bromptonroad.org.uk P. O. Box 63718, London, SW3 9AT You've now given us an invalid BBC website reference 3 times. What you haven't said is why on earth you think that Brompton Road might re-open. To get LU interested, you would have to demonstrate that there would be a net benefit in journey times, setting the advantages for Brompton Road residents and visitors against the delay of a minute or so for ALL existing Piccadilly Line passengers. Have you done this? -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) Whilst I agree that reopening Brompton Road is unlikely after 70 years, you seem overly dismissive of the idea. First, stations on the central section of the Piccadilly are close together, most notably of course, Covent Garden and Leicester Sq (0.16 miles - maybe CG should be closed?) whereas the gap between Knightsbridge and South Ken is 0.77 miles, the longest station gap anywhere between Manor House and Earls Court (apart from Cal Road to Kings X where of course there is another "missing" station) so an intermediate stop is not an unreasonable aspiration. Apart from providing easier access to the Vic & Albert, it could also relieve both Knightsbridge and South Ken stations which get very crowded particularly during holidays and sale times. I don't know what local demand there is, nor how many people travel over the central section, as compared with those from the north alighting say, at Kings X, or from the west at or by South Ken. Either way, it won't affect ALL Picc line passengers. Give the bloke a chance! MaxB |
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