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Old December 17th 07, 01:16 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default The Ermine strikes back - The Crossrail Saga

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007, John Rowland wrote:

Paul Scott wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message
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24 Crossrail trains an hour leaves little or no room for extra
trains to fit in on the same tracks as Crossrail,

Your proposals haven't accounted for about half the crossrail trains
not going any further than the turnback sidings at the 'ghost
station' at Westbourne Park?


They won't actually do that - it's another accounting fiction, like
"We're not going to Reading".


*raises eyebrow*

What makes us think this is the case?


I don't know what makes "us" think it, but what makes *me* think it is that
I was told it by someone heavily involved in the project (I can't remember
who).