Broadly agree - and I don't know about the specific case of NW London but sometimes fixing "missed connections" is not always optimal. Eg, if Oxford Circus was on the Elizabeth Line, the station physically wouldn't be able to cope. Or if the DLR was entended westbound, perhaps to the old Jubilee platforms at Charring Cross, though it wou…
Broadly agree - and I don't know about the specific case of NW London but sometimes fixing "missed connections" is not always optimal. Eg, if Oxford Circus was on the Elizabeth Line, the station physically wouldn't be able to cope. Or if the DLR was entended westbound, perhaps to the old Jubilee platforms at Charring Cross, though it would be pleasing from a map perspective, it would defeat the point of running it to Bank, as it would already be full by the time it gets there.
I think thats very much a central London problem 🙂. I don’t think better connections in North West London will net you 50 million rides or whatever a link between Oxford Circus and Crossrail would get you.
And if they did it would very much be a good problem!
Broadly agree - and I don't know about the specific case of NW London but sometimes fixing "missed connections" is not always optimal. Eg, if Oxford Circus was on the Elizabeth Line, the station physically wouldn't be able to cope. Or if the DLR was entended westbound, perhaps to the old Jubilee platforms at Charring Cross, though it would be pleasing from a map perspective, it would defeat the point of running it to Bank, as it would already be full by the time it gets there.
I think thats very much a central London problem 🙂. I don’t think better connections in North West London will net you 50 million rides or whatever a link between Oxford Circus and Crossrail would get you.
And if they did it would very much be a good problem!