On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 12:14:46 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 11:49:29 on
Tue, 6 Oct 2020, Trolleybus remarked:

Personally, I don't think Crossrail should go as far as Reading. I
think Slough was far enough.

Windsor IMO, assuming crossing the mainline is at all possible.

It's single track from Slough and a single platform, so capacity and
the ability to recover during disruption are poor.

If Crossrail is supposed to be for shifting commuters deep into the
core, rather than them being dumped at Paddington on legacy services,
then Reading is a sensible terminus. And don't forget the people
commuting *to* Reading from smaller stations on the GWR corridor.

But conveying commuters from stations in Berkshire to Reading isn't TfL's job. As Neil says, Crossrail should be
focusing on travel in the Greater London area.