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[email protected] · August 12th 14, 12:54 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Piatkow) wrote:

An earlier suggestion was a tunnel from OOC to somewhere south of
Wembley Central. Crossrail would take over the DC lines from there,
with the Bakerloo and Overground services terminating in new platforms
on the east side of Wembley Central station (there's already tracks
there).

That makes no sense -- Crossrail needs to be on the slow lines to get to
Tring, not the DC lines, which will also be accommodating the Met to
Watford Junction.

Presumably the earlier suggestion was to terminate at WJ providing a
proper metro service from the north west suburbs into Crossrail.

This is a problem with public projects that you start with a
perfectly good idea, in this case a fast metro service from the inner
home counties, and then every two bit local politician wants a finger
in the pie and we get some serious scope creep. Then we get the
complaints that its not suitable for the purpose that it wasn't
originally designed for and yet more money has to be spent adapting
things. (How long before they decide that half the new rolling stock
must be reconfigured for long distance use?)

Tring is further out than Reading? Huh?

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Colin Rosenstiel