Thread: Crossrail - poor interchanges. Now he tells us
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Old April 15th 16, 07:57 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Crossrail - poor interchanges. Now he tells us
On Thursday, 14 April 2016 16:49:08 UTC+1, wrote:
In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

KX Thameslink was dangerously crowded at peak times, it really was.
The platforms were narrow, the passenger numbers large. St Pancras
Thameslink with its wide platforms is far preferable - bear in mind
that the Thameslink core will become ever busier in future years.

Precisely. Assuming the old station has lost its grandfather rights it can't
now be reopened.

It wouldn't be able to take 12 car trains, or be extended to, either. (SDO would
be very impractical anywhere in the Thameslink core)
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