Chiltern to serve Old Oak Common?

[MikePJ]

An article has appeared on the Oxford Mail's website, interviewing Dave Penney, MD of Chiltern.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14...s_on_exciting_plans_for_growth_on_the_tracks/

At the bottom of the article, he mentions gaining extra capacity into London for Chiltern by running down the Acton-Northolt ("New North Main Line") route to terminate at the new Old Oak Common station, giving connections to Crossrail and the Overground. I'd not heard mention of this before, but please excuse me if this is Old News.

 

[TheKnightWho]

Dare I say... a replacement for Marylebone for those services? It's short enough on platform capacity as it is.

 

[swt_passenger]

An article has appeared on the Oxford Mail's website, interviewing Dave Penney, MD of Chiltern.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14...s_on_exciting_plans_for_growth_on_the_tracks/

At the bottom of the article, he mentions gaining extra capacity into London for Chiltern by running down the Acton-Northolt ("New North Main Line") route to terminate at the new Old Oak Common station, giving connections to Crossrail and the Overground. I'd not heard mention of this before, but please excuse me if this is Old News.

I'm afraid it is reasonably old news, it first appeared in the Network Rail Chilterns and West Midlands route study back in July and was discussed in this thread:

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=132465

Seems the Chiltern MD is at least keeping the pot boiling though, which is possibly a good sign