London Banter - Re-instating Lines to Relieve Congestion and Provide Capacity

On Oct 30, 12:54*pm, Paul Weaver
wrote:
On 30 Oct, 17:19, "Paul Scott" wrote:

Paul Weaver wrote:
On 30 Oct, 10:01, "sweller" wrote:
I'm sure this has been covered but if we were to forget about the
glamour of swathes of High-Speed in a straight line from top to
bottom, Maglev and all the other nonsense which disused lines would
you prioritise to reopen to relieve pressure on existing routes. Or
re-double track routes that were made single line.

An example from my own area would be the Lewes - Uckfield line.

Redoing the West London Line, and it's various connections, to give a
10tph passenger service. OHEL down to Shepherds Bush to allow a
change- over in station, but I guess that's not really re-opening or
doubling

What about freight? Also, no real point in moving the changeover point. The
378s entering service with LO, and the 377s in use with Southern can
changeover on the move, so there is little advantage to be gained by putting
up a short distance of extra wires, and as pointed out before now, there are
additional costs involved in immunisation of the LU Hammersmith & City
signalling if OHLE is extended southwards.

Or DC northwards to wembley central perhaps

The better solution methinks.