gwr4090 wrote:
In article ,
Tom Anderson wrote:

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, gwr4090 wrote:
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Sadly, Montague and other people whose job it is to think these thoughts
looked at these ideas, and concluded they weren't worth it. Oh well.


It now rather looks as though the whole Crossrail project will go forward
on the basis of the current rather limited aspirations for the western arm
- with the possible exception of extending to Reading rather than
Maidenhead (is there any news on this ?). Then once the service is
underway, there will probably be another rethink about additional western
destinations instead of turning back nearly half the trains at Paddington.

I think Reading council have been accused of being a bit slow on the
uptake about the whole Crossrail thing, and starting lobbying a bit
half-heartedly and a bit too late.

I believe that extensions such as Maidenhead to Reading and Abbey Wood
to Ebbsfleet are not entirely off the table, but are left out for now to
make sure Crossrail actually gets built.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London