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HEX colour codes for LU lines
"Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote How about scrapping the circle as it is, scrapping the Olympia shuttle, and running Olympia-Olympia via the circle instead? And maybe fill in the missing SW corner of the circle by running a few H&C trains to South Ken or Gloucester Road. One earlier idea wass to combine the H&C and the Circle by running Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Embankment - High Street Kensington - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Barking. Peter |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
"Offramp" wrote in message
ups.com... I think a good line would be across south London to Heathrow. This line, which I call the Charlton-Heston Line, would be coloured deep purple. Another line from Croydon to the city (the Shirley-Temple Line) would be coloured black, and the Northern changed to cyan. Alan Excellent! -- Regards John |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
"Peter Masson" wrote in message ... "Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote How about scrapping the circle as it is, scrapping the Olympia shuttle, and running Olympia-Olympia via the circle instead? And maybe fill in the missing SW corner of the circle by running a few H&C trains to South Ken or Gloucester Road. One earlier idea wass to combine the H&C and the Circle by running Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Embankment - High Street Kensington - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Barking. Hmm, all these round the circle routes feel 'wrong' to me. I guess I'm just attached to the old-fashioned idea that a railway service should travel a desirable route from beginning to end. BTN |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
Sir Benjamin Nunn wrote:
"Peter Masson" wrote in message ... "Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote How about scrapping the circle as it is, scrapping the Olympia shuttle, and running Olympia-Olympia via the circle instead? And maybe fill in the missing SW corner of the circle by running a few H&C trains to South Ken or Gloucester Road. One earlier idea wass to combine the H&C and the Circle by running Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Embankment - High Street Kensington - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Barking. Hmm, all these round the circle routes feel 'wrong' to me. I guess I'm just attached to the old-fashioned idea that a railway service should travel a desirable route from beginning to end. Another old-fashioned idea is that the service should be reliable. And a reliable service will be much more likely with a T-cup or something other than a circle. -- Michael Hoffman |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Peter Masson wrote:
"Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote How about scrapping the circle as it is, scrapping the Olympia shuttle, and running Olympia-Olympia via the circle instead? Flat junction apocalypse! And maybe fill in the missing SW corner of the circle by running a few H&C trains to South Ken or Gloucester Road. Are there currently reversing bays or such at either of those? ISTR there's some kind of funny arrangement at Gloucester Road which might make this plausible. Also, not sure the Hammersmith posse will like losing some of their handful of trains. One earlier idea wass to combine the H&C and the Circle by running Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Embankment - High Street Kensington - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Barking. I think this makes a lot of sense - it's exactly like the present H&C and Circle patterns, except trains switch identities every time they go past Baker Street. The only problem is if you want to go from Hammersmith to Barking, but who does? What was the problem with it - is the duty too long or something? tom -- Few technologies will ever stand up to the will of adolescents trying to do things they're told they're not allowed to do. -- Scott Berkun |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
"Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote in message ... How about scrapping the circle as it is, scrapping the Olympia shuttle, and running Olympia-Olympia via the circle instead? The Olympia branch is only single track so that would only allow 2tph in each direction on the Circle Line! Peter Smyth |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
"Offramp" wrote in message ups.com... I think a good line would be across south London to Heathrow. This line, which I call the Charlton-Heston Line, would be coloured deep purple. Another line from Croydon to the city (the Shirley-Temple Line) would be coloured black, and the Northern changed to cyan. How about the City to Wimbledon (the St Paul-Merton Line)? Peter Smyth |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
In message , Tom
Anderson writes On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Peter Masson wrote: "Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote How about scrapping the circle as it is, scrapping the Olympia shuttle, and running Olympia-Olympia via the circle instead? Flat junction apocalypse! And maybe fill in the missing SW corner of the circle by running a few H&C trains to South Ken or Gloucester Road. Are there currently reversing bays or such at either of those? ISTR there's some kind of funny arrangement at Gloucester Road which might make this plausible. Also, not sure the Hammersmith posse will like losing some of their handful of trains. One earlier idea wass to combine the H&C and the Circle by running Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Embankment - High Street Kensington - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Barking. I think this makes a lot of sense - it's exactly like the present H&C and Circle patterns, except trains switch identities every time they go past Baker Street. The only problem is if you want to go from Hammersmith to Barking, but who does? What was the problem with it - is the duty too long or something? If you want to go from Hammersmith to Barking, you take the District Line. tom -- Jane British OO, American and Australian HO, and DCC in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:07:35 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:
One earlier idea wass to combine the H&C and the Circle by running Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Embankment - High Street Kensington - Edgware Road - Liverpool Street - Barking. I think this makes a lot of sense - it's exactly like the present H&C and Circle patterns, except trains switch identities every time they go past Baker Street. The only problem is if you want to go from Hammersmith to Barking, but who does? What was the problem with it - is the duty too long or something? Yes. IIRC they tried it during the Notting Hill Carnival one year, and that was what they found. |
HEX colour codes for LU lines
"Jane Sullivan" wrote If you want to go from Hammersmith to Barking, you take the District Line. You might. But if you hold a Zone 2-6 Travelcard and a lot of time you might take the District Line to Gunnersbury and then go by NLL, changing at Gospel Oak. Peter |
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