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If anyone's read the recently released Crossrail Business Case Summary,
there are a couple of points to note... We already knew: "3.5 Crossrail services would generally operate as "all stations" services, although a number of lesser-used stations along the corridor would be omitted. In addition, services to and from Heathrow Airport would call only at Hayes & Harlington and Ealing Broadway to the west of Paddington. ....which I thought was somewhat disappointing, although I guess this is to accomodate the fact that six-tracking the GW has been ruled out (6tph to Heathrow calling at EB and H+H will replace the 4tph Heathrow Express subject to agreement with BAA apparently) But AFAIR we didn't know: "3.6 In the east, provision has been made for the current North London line service to use the route between Custom House and Abbey Wood. This service would be rerouted to start at Abbey Wood with Silvertown and North Woolwich stations being closed. This area would benefit from the proposed DLR extension to Woolwich." Custom House to North Woolwich has been slated to close with practically every proposal for the area... through luck it seems to have survived so far, since the DLR City Airport extension runs on a different route. However this seems like a useful idea; access from the North Kent lines direct to Stratford. However - firstly won't this mean a rather expensive extra portal at Custom House, which I'd assumed would be underground? And secondly, extending the NLL will cause problems for DLR's proposal to take over the NLL lines from Canning Town to Stratford so they can reach Stratford International. Also new: 3.10... Each train would have a maximum practical capacity approximately double that of a Central Line train. There are 24tph running across the central section from Paddington to Whitechapel. There is also an interesting table predicting the percentage fall in passengers boarding each LU line (except the East London since this is counted as part of National Rail) and the DLR, and overcrowding relief on each line. Benefits are predicted to be highest for the W&C, DLR, Bakerloo, Central and Met/H+C/Circle, followed by Jubilee, Piccadilly, then Victoria and Northern. Interestingly passengers boarding the Northern are predicted to increase by 2%. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 |
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