On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, lonelytraveller wrote:

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route of
the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover route
under the main road

Well, at least you've more than made up for their failure to propose it.

I suspect the answer is cost - a tram route is an awful lot cheaper to
build than a tube line. Also, i don't know what the traffic along the
A4020 is trying to do; if it's a lot of local trips, then a tram is a
better service than a tube, although if it's people commuting into Ealing
or into town, then a tube would be much better.

The District might be a better bet than the Central, though - it's a long
distance, so bigger trains ought to be more comfortable.

ObIdleRouteSpeculation: Hanwell Broadway, Iron Bridge (x GWML - for
hospitals and inevitable high-density residential conversion of works),
Southall High Street, Yeading Brook, Hayes (Lansbury Dr - Church Rd),
Hayes End (x West Drayton Rd), Hillingdon Heath (x Harlington Rd),
Stratford Bridge (x R. Pinn, for Brunel University), junction with the
Metropolitan, Uxbridge.

tom

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