"Colin McKenzie" wrote in message
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gwr4090 wrote:

The half hourly Heathrow Connect stopping services from Paddington should
reach Heathrow T123 in about 28 mins, compared with 15 mins for Heathrow
Express services.

Hmmm.

With that schedule, they could serve Hanwell, Acton Main Line and West
Ealing as well, unless the Heathrow branch is incredibly slow. This would
solve the main problem with the new service, which is vastly reduced
frequency at these 3 stations.

None of these stations will have a reduced frequency in the new timetable.
The only difference is that the slow train to Slough now only goes as far as
Hayes.

Peter Smyth

"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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None of these stations will have a reduced frequency in the new timetable.
The only difference is that the slow train to Slough now only goes as far
as Hayes.

What about stations beyond Hayes?

P C

"Paul Clare" moc.evresupmoc@eralc_luap wrote in message
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"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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None of these stations will have a reduced frequency in the new
timetable. The only difference is that the slow train to Slough now only
goes as far as Hayes.

What about stations beyond Hayes?

The slow Oxford service will now call at Ealing Broadway, Hayes, West
Drayton, Iver, Langley, Slough, Maidenhead, Twyford and Reading then most
stations to Oxford.

Peter Smyth

Peter Smyth wrote:

"Colin McKenzie" wrote in message
gwr4090 wrote:

The half hourly Heathrow Connect stopping services from Paddington should
reach Heathrow T123 in about 28 mins, compared with 15 mins for Heathrow
Express services.

With that schedule, they could serve Hanwell, Acton Main Line and West
Ealing as well, unless the Heathrow branch is incredibly slow. This would
solve the main problem with the new service, which is vastly reduced
frequency at these 3 stations.

None of these stations will have a reduced frequency in the new timetable.
The only difference is that the slow train to Slough now only goes as far as
Hayes.

Your source for this statement?

Mine is Ealing Gazette, backed up by the reaction of Ealing Council
and the response of FGW to local complaints, which is that the trains
will be longer. One qualification: the local discussion is about peak
hour frequencies. It is possible that off-peak frequencies are not
affected.

Colin McKenzie

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When the new HEX Connect service starts the local service from
Paddington to Hayes will have to terminate at Hayes at the rarely used
bay platform 5.

However next year when the Connect service goes from Paddington to
Hayes to Heathrow it will have to stop at platform 1 – the platform on
the fast down line.

Otherwise it will have to use the down local platform 3 – but then it
will have to cross both fast lines to get onto the Heathrow branch.

Seems like someone hasn't really thought this through properly.

SB


"Peter Smyth" wrote in message ...
"Paul Clare" moc.evresupmoc@eralc_luap wrote in message
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"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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None of these stations will have a reduced frequency in the new
timetable. The only difference is that the slow train to Slough now only
goes as far as Hayes.

What about stations beyond Hayes?

The slow Oxford service will now call at Ealing Broadway, Hayes, West
Drayton, Iver, Langley, Slough, Maidenhead, Twyford and Reading then most
stations to Oxford.

Peter Smyth

"S.Byers" wrote in message
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When the new HEX Connect service starts the local service from
Paddington to Hayes will have to terminate at Hayes at the rarely used
bay platform 5.

However next year when the Connect service goes from Paddington to
Hayes to Heathrow it will have to stop at platform 1 - the platform on
the fast down line.

Otherwise it will have to use the down local platform 3 - but then it
will have to cross both fast lines to get onto the Heathrow branch.

I imagine it will use platform 3 then the Up spur from Airport Junction -
the line is reversible - and cross to the down Airport line before entering
the tunnel to Heathrow 123. This way it won't conflict with the fast lines
at all, but the Up spur will be quite intensively used, with four Up
Heathrow Expresses, two Up Heathrow Connects, and two Down Heathrow
Connects.

Peter

Behold the educated words of S.Byers in uk.local.london:

When the new HEX Connect service starts the local service from
Paddington to Hayes will have to terminate at Hayes at the rarely used
bay platform 5.

However next year when the Connect service goes from Paddington to
Hayes to Heathrow it will have to stop at platform 1 – the platform on
the fast down line.

Otherwise it will have to use the down local platform 3 – but then it
will have to cross both fast lines to get onto the Heathrow branch.

The sad thing is, that's one of the more interesting items posted to
uk.local.london since midnight last...
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