I live about 10 mins from this site!

Very interesting article by the way! Be glad once this complex gets move on
seems to be taking forever!! Can see the work from my window!

Fraser


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Peter Lawrence wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:16:12 +0000, Dave Arquati
wrote:

Shepherd's Bush is being built with 4-car platforms initially; for 8-car
platforms, they need to move some signals, which apparently has knock-on
effects along the whole line so they want to wait until resignalling is
due (in about 4 years). Then the platforms could be extended for 8 cars.

Is there a plan om the web showing where Shepherds Bush station will
be? My impression is that there is no room for any platforms, let
alone 8 car ones, at the obvious location.

Nothing particularly good; the only thing I can find is this, and I think
it's quite old:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...e_road_new.gif

I think that where it says "Southern M41 footbridge" it means the subway
instead.

The subway needs to be filled in (and will be replaced by a surface
pedestrian crossing, as on the eastern and southern arms of the
roundabout) and the access ramp removed to make way for the southbound
platform, which I believe extends from there northwards. The northbound
platform will be in a similar position, and there is less constraint on
land there - the embankment can be moved back fairly easily as it adjoins
the shopping centre construction site.

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The subway needs to be filled in (and will be replaced
by a surface pedestrian crossing, as on the eastern
and southern arms of the roundabout)

A pedestrian crossing on the 50mph former M41...!

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John Rowland wrote:
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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The subway needs to be filled in (and will be replaced
by a surface pedestrian crossing, as on the eastern
and southern arms of the roundabout)

A pedestrian crossing on the 50mph former M41...!

....although I would sincerely hope that no-one is still doing 50mph by
the time they reach the roundabout!

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

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John Rowland wrote:

A pedestrian crossing on the 50mph former M41...!

...although I would sincerely hope that no-one is still
doing 50mph by the time they reach the roundabout!

They might be doing 50 as they come off the roundabout though.

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That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

John Rowland wrote:
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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John Rowland wrote:
A pedestrian crossing on the 50mph former M41...!
...although I would sincerely hope that no-one is still
doing 50mph by the time they reach the roundabout!

They might be doing 50 as they come off the roundabout though.

I suppose... but usually they are either held at the lights on the
western arm, or there is a queue of traffic at the northern arm so they
have to negotiate their way around that. The remaining speeders are the
******* who tear past the tube station when they see a green (or amber)
light at the roundabout.

Of course, potentially when the shopping centre opens there will be big
queues of traffic down the slip road and back to the roundabout!

I did hear plans to turn the roundabout into a crossroads to make it a
bit more pedestrian and cycle friendly, but I don't think they were
particularly serious plans (the water main tower is in the way for a start).

I use the current subway virtually every day, and I have mixed feelings
about changing it to a surface crossing - the subway isn't very
pleasant, but then the possibility of drivers racing off the roundabout
as you suggest and not seeing the pedestrian crossing signal is a bit
worrying.

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