On Apr 3, 7:26*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, 1506 wrote:
On Mar 28, 10:57 am, Robin9 wrote:

In my opinion a properly extended Chelsea/Hackney line would be far more
beneficial to London than Crossrail.

Maybe, but the perceived need, and it is a real one, is relief of the
Central Line.

Yes. I read the various east-west studies a few years ago, and the common
theme was congestion relief in the Essix [1] - City - Oxford Circus
corridor. The current plan won't do much for congestion east of Liverpool
Street, because it adds neither track nor trains (alright, it adds track
between Liverpool Street and Stratford - but is there any plan to use the
capacity released on the surface line?), but it should help enormously
between Stratford and Oxford Street.

I gave up trusting anything Network Rail were saying when I read they
wanted to send 12 car trains [3x4-car emus] along the Hertford East
branch.

Ware is likely to present them with a problem there. The station is
hemmed in by a road bridge at one end [Viaduct Road] and a level
crossing at the other [Amwell End]. The current platform can only just
accommodate 8 car trains [2x4-car emus] and the scope for extension
simply doesn't exist.