On Aug 10, 7:59*am, Roland Perry wrote:

In message op.vg09em1lby8eno@sheepdog, at 21:19:24 on
Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Colin McKenzie remarked:

22. Park Royal: Central, Piccadilly

Anyone know what happened to this one? A few years ago it seemed to
be going ahead.

The office development that was to fund it has stalled. Theoretically
it's *still a requirement if all the offices get built, but London
Underground *were never keen, and the condition is likely to be dropped
if housing is *built instead of offices.

A pity, and I still hope it goes ahead. It's easy to work out that
passengers from further out on Piccadilly or Central lines, going to a
zone 1 or 2 destination on the other line, benefit from changing at
Park *Royal. So does LU, as it reduces number of stations passed and
number of *interchanges made in zone 1, where tube capacity is most
strained. And *they're more likely to get a seat. But this sort of
lateral thinking seems *to be beyond London Underground.

It's also possible that people living "further out on the Piccadilly"
would use it as a short cut to/from the West End, thereby overloading
the Central.

Yeah, I had similar thoughts. Still, it would serve to make the
Rayners Lane branch of the Piccadilly more useful.