"Lawrie" wrote in message ...
Surely the main reason for not doing this was that the frequency of the
Ealing service on the District was so much less than the Piccadilly to
Hounslow. And you could not increase it without decreasing the Wimbledon or
Richmond services; not an option given the loadings on both branches,
particularly Wimbledon.
The Piccadilly had a much more frequent service to Hounslow and only that
frequency could cope with loadings to Heathrow.

"Boltar" wrote in message
m...
Something I was wondering the other day , when the extension to Heathrow
airport was built why didn't they re-extend the district line to Hounslow
and beyond and divert the piccadilly to ealing? Why? Because district
trains
are much bigger and so they would have been much more room for passengers
and their luggage rather than the pokey little tube trains on the picc.

Was there a good reason for not doing this given the benefits it would
have
entailed for passengers with luggage?

B2003

The tunnels from Hounslow West to Heathrow were built using the
cut-and-cover method that was used on the district/met lines when they
were built, unusually. The piccadilly stock has specially built
luggage spaces. Also it is much quicker I find to central london. I
would guess you could find the feasability study for the extension
online or if you phoned up LU.