Central Line past West Ruislip
 

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

In message ,
writes

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

The original (pre-war) plan was to continue two stations further -
Harefield Road and Denham. Post-war greenbelt legislation restricted
housing development, and thus potential passengers, in the area, so this
final part of the westward extension was never built.
--
Paul Terry

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

At 14:23:28 on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 Paul Terry opined:-

In message ,
writes

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

The original (pre-war) plan was to continue two stations further -
Harefield Road and Denham. Post-war greenbelt legislation restricted
housing development, and thus potential passengers, in the area, so this
final part of the westward extension was never built.

I have a street atlas* with a map that shows it as existing. Denham is
there, but no station at Harefield Road.

* Bartholomew's Reference Atlas of Greater London, 1940
--
Thoss
E-mail address usenetatamoladdotorgdotuk

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

thoss wrote:
At 14:23:28 on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 Paul Terry opined:-

In message ,
writes

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

The original (pre-war) plan was to continue two stations further -
Harefield Road and Denham. Post-war greenbelt legislation restricted
housing development, and thus potential passengers, in the area, so
this final part of the westward extension was never built.

I have a street atlas* with a map that shows it as existing. Denham is
there, but no station at Harefield Road.

* Bartholomew's Reference Atlas of Greater London, 1940

Remember that it was being extended along the alignment of the GW&GC Joint
line, which is, probably, what is shown on the street atlas, altough it is
true that many anticipatory maps were drawn including many of LT's internal
ones


--
Cheers for now,

John from Harrow, Middx

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On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

In message ,
writes

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 17 Oct, 12:52, "John Shelley"
wrote:
thoss wrote:
At 14:23:28 on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 Paul Terry opined:-

In message ,
writes

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

The original (pre-war) plan was to continue two stations further -
Harefield Road and Denham. Post-war greenbelt legislation restricted
housing development, and thus potential passengers, in the area, so
this final part of the westward extension was never built.

I have a street atlas* with a map that shows it as existing. Denham is
there, but no station at Harefield Road.

* Bartholomew's Reference Atlas of Greater London, 1940

Remember that it was being extended along the alignment of the GW&GC Joint
line, which is, probably, what is shown on the street atlas, altough it is
true that many anticipatory maps were drawn including many of LT's internal
ones

--
Cheers for now,

John from Harrow, Middx

remove spamnocars to reply.


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

lonelytraveller wrote:
On 17 Oct, 12:52, "John Shelley"
wrote:
thoss wrote:
At 14:23:28 on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 Paul Terry opined:-

In message ,
writes

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past
West Ruislip?

The original (pre-war) plan was to continue two stations further
- Harefield Road and Denham. Post-war greenbelt legislation
restricted housing development, and thus potential passengers,
in the area, so this final part of the westward extension was
never built.

I have a street atlas* with a map that shows it as existing.
Denham is there, but no station at Harefield Road.

* Bartholomew's Reference Atlas of Greater London, 1940

Remember that it was being extended along the alignment of the
GW&GC Joint line, which is, probably, what is shown on the street
atlas, altough it is true that many anticipatory maps were drawn
including many of LT's internal ones

There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central
line past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along
the route of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still
don't see why they didn't propose that instead of the tram -
digging a cut-and-cover route under the main road

I expect they got bogged down sending replies to people who sent them
the same letter six times.

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

"Richard J." typed


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central
line past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along
the route of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still
don't see why they didn't propose that instead of the tram -
digging a cut-and-cover route under the main road

I expect they got bogged down sending replies to people who sent them
the same letter six times.
^^^

It seem you mis-spelt nine... ;-)

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On 18 Oct, 00:52, lonelytraveller
wrote:
On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road

Google seems to have had some problems last night and sent this 10
times.

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

"lonelytraveller" wrote in
message ups.com...
On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:
Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?


There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route
of the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover
route under the main road


Sorry I didnt quiet hear can you tell me again what you just said?

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, lonelytraveller wrote:

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line
past Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route of
the recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they
didn't propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover route
under the main road

Well, at least you've more than made up for their failure to propose it.

I suspect the answer is cost - a tram route is an awful lot cheaper to
build than a tube line. Also, i don't know what the traffic along the
A4020 is trying to do; if it's a lot of local trips, then a tram is a
better service than a tube, although if it's people commuting into Ealing
or into town, then a tube would be much better.

The District might be a better bet than the Central, though - it's a long
distance, so bigger trains ought to be more comfortable.

ObIdleRouteSpeculation: Hanwell Broadway, Iron Bridge (x GWML - for
hospitals and inevitable high-density residential conversion of works),
Southall High Street, Yeading Brook, Hayes (Lansbury Dr - Church Rd),
Hayes End (x West Drayton Rd), Hillingdon Heath (x Harlington Rd),
Stratford Bridge (x R. Pinn, for Brunel University), junction with the
Metropolitan, Uxbridge.

tom

--
3364147 Complete space vehicles (excluding propulsion systems)

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

Wasn't there a far more logical New Works Plan proposal to take over
the GWR Ealing Broadway - Greenford branch too?

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"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
. li...
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, lonelytraveller wrote:

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

There were also plans to extend the other branch of the central line past
Ealing - it would have gone to Uxbridge, roughly along the route of the
recently abandoned West London Tram. I still don't see why they didn't
propose that instead of the tram - digging a cut-and-cover route under
the main road

Well, at least you've more than made up for their failure to propose it.

I suspect the answer is cost - a tram route is an awful lot cheaper to
build than a tube line. Also, i don't know what the traffic along the
A4020 is trying to do; if it's a lot of local trips, then a tram is a
better service than a tube, although if it's people commuting into Ealing
or into town, then a tube would be much better.

The District might be a better bet than the Central, though - it's a long
distance, so bigger trains ought to be more comfortable.

ObIdleRouteSpeculation: Hanwell Broadway, Iron Bridge (x GWML - for
hospitals and inevitable high-density residential conversion of works),
Southall High Street, Yeading Brook, Hayes (Lansbury Dr - Church Rd),
Hayes End (x West Drayton Rd), Hillingdon Heath (x Harlington Rd),
Stratford Bridge (x R. Pinn, for Brunel University), junction with the
Metropolitan, Uxbridge.

tom

--
3364147 Complete space vehicles (excluding propulsion systems)

So are you saying the bigger the size train the more comfortable they are?
How do you find the Met line trains then?

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
. li...
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, lonelytraveller wrote:

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

The District might be a better bet than the Central, though - it's a long
distance, so bigger trains ought to be more comfortable.

So are you saying the bigger the size train the more comfortable they
are?

Generally, yes.

How do you find the Met line trains then?

I follow the purple signs.

Met trains seem pretty comfortable to me. The transverse seating is better
than longitudinal seats on long trips, for sure.

tom

--
Weird is Cool -- Naomi Clarke

Central Line past West Ruislip
 

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
. li...
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, lonelytraveller wrote:

On 16 Oct, 13:43, wrote:

Are there/were there? Any plans to extend the Central Line past West
Ruislip?

The District might be a better bet than the Central, though - it's a
long
distance, so bigger trains ought to be more comfortable.

So are you saying the bigger the size train the more comfortable they
are?

Generally, yes.

How do you find the Met line trains then?

I follow the purple signs.

Met trains seem pretty comfortable to me. The transverse seating is better
than longitudinal seats on long trips, for sure.

tom

--
Weird is Cool -- Naomi Clarke

I agree with you on that and its a shame that this is going to go when the
Met line gets its new trains in 2009.