Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, PaulBowery wrote:

What about this for an idea- combine the Greenford branch and
Barking to
Gospel Oak into a single service via Ealing Broadway and Willesden
Junction. This would provide an interchange between the North
London
Line and the west via Ealing Broadway. If paths in the Willesden
Junction area are a problem then some of the Stratford trains could
run
to Willesden Junction low level via Queens Park.

I do think killing the service to Paddington, or anywhere similarly
central, would be a bit fatal.

How about making the branch part of the Central Line? You'd need
about a
mile of four-tracking to get to the junction from Ealing Broadway;
would
that be at all feasible?

tom


Operationally converting the branch to be a Central Line extension
makes sense. The question is: Would the construction costs be
justified?

Adrian.