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, at 10:53:28 on Thu, 29 May 2014, Recliner
remarked:
My guess is that the Central line will remain fairly crowded, at least on
the western side.

Also on the east, from those many places where a Central Line station is
closer than a Crossrail one.

But won't many cross the platform to change to Crossrail at Stratford,
assuming that a Crossrail station in Central London will be a suitable
destination?

That depends how close their destination is to either a Crossrail
station, or a station they can easily change to from a Crossrail
station. There are likely a great number of journeys where sticking on
the Central, despite a longer time on the train, will give a shorter
journey time.
--
Roland Perry