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Post by northlondon83 on Mar 7, 2023 16:21:13 GMT
Some of these ideas are to do with London Underground as well: Idea 1: Add a stop on the Metropolitan line at West Hampstead. Provides a link from the Metropolitan line to the Thameslink at West Hampstead. Ideally for heading from the western parts of each line. At the moment you have to change at Finchley Road for the Jubilee and come back one stop which makes it long. It would also provide quicker access from the Metropolitan line to the Overground (ideally for journeys heading east on both lines, but this would also work by taking an eastbound met line then a westbound overground) because the walk is shorter than changing between the two Finchley Road stations
Idea 2: Add a stop on the Southeastern at Brockley between Nunhead and Lewisham. It would be an OSI and would connect with the Overground at Brockley. Provides a direct link to stations like Blackheath which are currently inaccessible by one bus or one train.
Idea 3: Withdraw the Piccadilly line between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge, then replace it with 3tph of the West Ruislip branch of the Central line (6tph would continue to West Ruislip). The Piccadilly line is very infrequent, and as a regular user of Uxbridge, I almost always opt for the Metropolitan line when heading for central London, as the Piccadilly is way too infrequent and too slow. Although my proposal would shift the same number of trains on the central line to Uxbridge as the Piccadilly line currently serves, this provides a much faster journey into central London. I believe that this would relieve traffic on the A40, and also provides more useful links to places like Shepherd's Bush (for the Overground, which the Piccadilly line does not serve, and this would be very useful if someone wanted to go from Uxbridge to Clapham Junction, as an example). On the very rare occasion that I have used the Piccadilly line coming from Baron's Court-South Kensington area, the train was almost always heading for Rayners Lane meaning that I would need to change there for a Metropolitan line so I see withdrawing the Piccadilly line from Uxbridge as not too much of a big deal
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Post by ADH45258 on Mar 7, 2023 17:55:35 GMT
Some of these ideas are to do with London Underground as well: Idea 1: Add a stop on the Metropolitan line at West Hampstead. Provides a link from the Metropolitan line to the Thameslink at West Hampstead. Ideally for heading from the western parts of each line. At the moment you have to change at Finchley Road for the Jubilee and come back one stop which makes it long. It would also provide quicker access from the Metropolitan line to the Overground (ideally for journeys heading east on both lines, but this would also work by taking an eastbound met line then a westbound overground) because the walk is shorter than changing between the two Finchley Road stations While unlikely to happen, the redevelopment of the O2 Centre would be a great opportunity to have an overhaul of the rail lines passing through the area. Not only does the Metropolitan line omit West Hampstead, but the three lines there currently all have separate stations. While there isn't really space to join everything together by walkways etc, in theory you could move all platforms slightly to the east, and rebuild to a single interchange station. Could create a large new hub, in a similar style to Stratford or Clapham Junction - potentially replacing the Finchley Road stations too by adding an eastern entrance (by the 187/268 bus stand). Would allow passengers to interchange between Jubilee, Metropolitan, Overground, Thameslink and Chiltern services (maybe even limited EMR too?). This could increase capacity for passengers, with West Hampstead Jubilee in particular being quite a busy station, as well as reduce crowding on the pavements along West End Lane where many cross the road to interchange.
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 7, 2023 18:26:22 GMT
Some of these ideas are to do with London Underground as well: Idea 1: Add a stop on the Metropolitan line at West Hampstead. Provides a link from the Metropolitan line to the Thameslink at West Hampstead. Ideally for heading from the western parts of each line. At the moment you have to change at Finchley Road for the Jubilee and come back one stop which makes it long. It would also provide quicker access from the Metropolitan line to the Overground (ideally for journeys heading east on both lines, but this would also work by taking an eastbound met line then a westbound overground) because the walk is shorter than changing between the two Finchley Road stations Idea 2: Add a stop on the Southeastern at Brockley between Nunhead and Lewisham. It would be an OSI and would connect with the Overground at Brockley. Provides a direct link to stations like Blackheath which are currently inaccessible by one bus or one train. Idea 3: Withdraw the Piccadilly line between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge, then replace it with 3tph of the West Ruislip branch of the Central line (6tph would continue to West Ruislip). The Piccadilly line is very infrequent, and as a regular user of Uxbridge, I almost always opt for the Metropolitan line when heading for central London, as the Piccadilly is way too infrequent and too slow. Although my proposal would shift the same number of trains on the central line to Uxbridge as the Piccadilly line currently serves, this provides a much faster journey into central London. I believe that this would relieve traffic on the A40, and also provides more useful links to places like Shepherd's Bush (for the Overground, which the Piccadilly line does not serve, and this would be very useful if someone wanted to go from Uxbridge to Clapham Junction, as an example). On the very rare occasion that I have used the Piccadilly line coming from Baron's Court-South Kensington area, the train was almost always heading for Rayners Lane meaning that I would need to change there for a Metropolitan line so I see withdrawing the Piccadilly line from Uxbridge as not too much of a big deal Chiltern Railways did actually propose a "West Hampstead Interchange", which would have had extra platforms for Chiltern Railways and possibly the Metropolitan Line too, whilst the Thameslink and London Overground stations would have been relocated to the east side of West End Lane, and the road widened. The proposal was made in 2003 but did not proceed due to uncertainly over the North London Line rail franchise. Subsequent redevelopment in the vicinity means that such redevelopment is now unrealistic, and both the Thameslink and London Overground stations have since been rebuilt and upgraded with step-free access. New platforms at Brockley for Southeastern trains should be achievable and could be linked directly by walkway to the Overground/Southern platforms. The Central Line to Uxbridge proposal is good and I believe it has been considered, but it would require a new curve in the Ruislip area. There is one linking to the Depot but I don't think this is suitable for passenger trains.
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Post by route53 on Mar 8, 2023 7:22:57 GMT
Some of these ideas are to do with London Underground as well: Idea 1: Add a stop on the Metropolitan line at West Hampstead. Provides a link from the Metropolitan line to the Thameslink at West Hampstead. Ideally for heading from the western parts of each line. At the moment you have to change at Finchley Road for the Jubilee and come back one stop which makes it long. It would also provide quicker access from the Metropolitan line to the Overground (ideally for journeys heading east on both lines, but this would also work by taking an eastbound met line then a westbound overground) because the walk is shorter than changing between the two Finchley Road stations Idea 2: Add a stop on the Southeastern at Brockley between Nunhead and Lewisham. It would be an OSI and would connect with the Overground at Brockley. Provides a direct link to stations like Blackheath which are currently inaccessible by one bus or one train. Idea 3: Withdraw the Piccadilly line between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge, then replace it with 3tph of the West Ruislip branch of the Central line (6tph would continue to West Ruislip). The Piccadilly line is very infrequent, and as a regular user of Uxbridge, I almost always opt for the Metropolitan line when heading for central London, as the Piccadilly is way too infrequent and too slow. Although my proposal would shift the same number of trains on the central line to Uxbridge as the Piccadilly line currently serves, this provides a much faster journey into central London. I believe that this would relieve traffic on the A40, and also provides more useful links to places like Shepherd's Bush (for the Overground, which the Piccadilly line does not serve, and this would be very useful if someone wanted to go from Uxbridge to Clapham Junction, as an example). On the very rare occasion that I have used the Piccadilly line coming from Baron's Court-South Kensington area, the train was almost always heading for Rayners Lane meaning that I would need to change there for a Metropolitan line so I see withdrawing the Piccadilly line from Uxbridge as not too much of a big deal Regarding West Hampstead, as others have previously stated, there were plans to merge all three West Hampstead stations back in the mid 2000s. With the refurbished result being that Chiltern and Metropolitan line trains would have new platforms at the enlarged station, replacing Finchley Road for the Met. Such a station would have had some EMR (Midland Mainline at the time) serving the new hub at 2tph. I think at best there could be a pedestrian subway linking the three stations as it would then be the equivalent of other hub stations like Finsbury Park, Stratford, Lewisham and Clapham Junction
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Post by COBO on Mar 31, 2023 15:07:37 GMT
I was always imagined a small line running between Harrow Weald and Kenton stopping at Belmont Cirlcle maybe this can be done by diverting the Bakerloo Line to Harrow Weald and creating a station at Belmont Circle.
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Post by route53 on Apr 23, 2023 15:41:40 GMT
Posting this here Because nothing official has been made of this, but allegedly, the Victoria to Dartford via Bexleyheath service could make an additional stop at Clapham High Street once new trains are introduced, again aside from the 707’s which cannot servce the routes to Victoria I am not aware of any new trains for SE. Plus I feel that this is more of a London Overground scheme, since they’ve proposed to use the cascaded 387s from the NLL on the ELL to boost services to Clapham Junction to 6tph. clapham.nub.news/news/local-news/clapham-high-street-could-get-new-links-to-victoria-with-new-trains-180873
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Post by Dillon95 on Apr 24, 2023 21:16:15 GMT
Some of these ideas are to do with London Underground as well: Idea 1: Add a stop on the Metropolitan line at West Hampstead. Provides a link from the Metropolitan line to the Thameslink at West Hampstead. Ideally for heading from the western parts of each line. At the moment you have to change at Finchley Road for the Jubilee and come back one stop which makes it long. It would also provide quicker access from the Metropolitan line to the Overground (ideally for journeys heading east on both lines, but this would also work by taking an eastbound met line then a westbound overground) because the walk is shorter than changing between the two Finchley Road stations Idea 2: Add a stop on the Southeastern at Brockley between Nunhead and Lewisham. It would be an OSI and would connect with the Overground at Brockley. Provides a direct link to stations like Blackheath which are currently inaccessible by one bus or one train. Idea 3: Withdraw the Piccadilly line between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge, then replace it with 3tph of the West Ruislip branch of the Central line (6tph would continue to West Ruislip). The Piccadilly line is very infrequent, and as a regular user of Uxbridge, I almost always opt for the Metropolitan line when heading for central London, as the Piccadilly is way too infrequent and too slow. Although my proposal would shift the same number of trains on the central line to Uxbridge as the Piccadilly line currently serves, this provides a much faster journey into central London. I believe that this would relieve traffic on the A40, and also provides more useful links to places like Shepherd's Bush (for the Overground, which the Piccadilly line does not serve, and this would be very useful if someone wanted to go from Uxbridge to Clapham Junction, as an example). On the very rare occasion that I have used the Piccadilly line coming from Baron's Court-South Kensington area, the train was almost always heading for Rayners Lane meaning that I would need to change there for a Metropolitan line so I see withdrawing the Piccadilly line from Uxbridge as not too much of a big deal The Brockley idea should have been done years ago, it makes a lot of sense.
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Post by northlondon83 on May 15, 2023 12:49:30 GMT
Introduce an early morning service between Paddington and Reading on Sundays (like the other days of the week calling at the same stops and same times). I don't see why there's no service on Sunday mornings yet there is on any other day
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Post by northlondon83 on May 15, 2023 12:50:01 GMT
Introduce an early morning service between Paddington and Reading on Sundays (like the other days of the week calling at the same stops and same times). I don't see why there's no service on Sunday mornings (before 6am) yet there is on any other day
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Post by TA1 on May 15, 2023 12:50:51 GMT
Introduce an early morning service between Paddington and Reading on Sundays (like the other days of the week calling at the same stops and same times). I don't see why there's no service on Sunday mornings yet there is on any other day Traditionally, there’s a later start to services to allow for engineering work.
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Post by northlondon83 on May 15, 2023 16:24:25 GMT
Introduce an early morning service between Paddington and Reading on Sundays (like the other days of the week calling at the same stops and same times). I don't see why there's no service on Sunday mornings yet there is on any other day Traditionally, there’s a later start to services to allow for engineering work. I understand that but I think it can be quite useful for people like late night workers. It would also connect to the night tube at Ealing Broadway. Despite the frequency, on the few occasions when I took a train home from work it was fairly well used and is one of the few trains to run at night
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Post by LondonNorthern on Sept 28, 2023 14:46:46 GMT
If the Metropolitan Line Extension to Watford Junction is ever at all re-considered, perhaps post HS2 when there are more paths available on the WCML there could be a look into diverting Chiltern Railways services at Rickmansworth along the Croxley branch to Watford High Street, and then run the train into London Euston from there. Capacity is a bit of a problem really going into London Marylebone, so more paths would be freed up for longer distance High Wycombe/Gerrards Cross services. The Harrow connection would be maintained, albeit with at Wealdstone. Could even operate as part of the London Overground, run it on the DC lines from Euston to Watford High Street, then towards Aylesbury and slightly drop the Watford Junction frequency. Could have 3tph on each route, would certainly help out the currently overcrowded 4tph Watford DC line.
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