On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 11:02:08 +0100, Robert
wrote:

On 2015-06-05 09:49:05 +0000, Graeme Wall said:

On 05/06/2015 10:30, e27002 aurora wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 09:53:26 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 09:14:39 on
Fri, 5 Jun 2015, e27002 aurora remarked:
Given the cost of the project, it seems a shame that if they want to
provide a service for Windsor they couldn't have built a tunnel at
Slough and actually gone to Windsor. But I don't understand why they
don't turn at Slough... is the bay platform gone?

Agreed, omitting the Windsor branch was an error.

Is Windsor station long enough,

Maybe not. That is outwith my knowledge. However, given the scale of
Crossra,il solving that issue would be small potatoes.

Have you looked at the Windsor station site and seen who it's
neighbours are? Most of the station site has been sold off as a retail
mall. IIRC the current platform can only cope with a two car DMU. You
could re-extend the platform back across the Goswell Road, there's
probably enough space to fit a Crossrail train.

I seem to remember there was a project[1] to reroute the line to an end
on junction with the LSWR line at Riverside but that would involve a
tunnel and a major rebuild at low level for the latter.

[1] A "fantasy" project not a DfT idea.

With the amounts of money being spent on Crossrail an extended station
would be feasible; any shops or car parks in the way could be moved and
bridges don't cost the earth these days.

Thank you Robert. So this would have veen doable. Maybe NR will see
the light, :-)