West London Orbital Consultation

[norbitonflyer]

I think West Hampstead has been de-scoped to promote the achievability of the proposal.

Better to have a more frequent service to one station on Thameslink than less frequent services to two different ones, as then you have to guess which one to change trains at -

 

[Ian Hardy]

Well TfL obviously think there is. It won't be a bay platform, but a siding to the west of the station.

The plan is for the UP & DN Hounslow to be moved apart between Hounslow station and Hounslow Junction onto the alignments of the 2 stabling sidings that were either side of the line until the 1970s?. 2 turnback loops will be built between the two running lines with access from both ends.

This a recording of the PWI London Section meeting about the project from Mar 2025 which has a lot of detail about the plans.

Here is a link to the slides with the proposed layout at Hounslow on page 26:
https://www.thepwi.org/wp-content/u...y_D-Mansfield.pdf?ref=londonreconnections.com

 

[mr_jrt]

I conversely think that it is good to spread the interchanges on the route to not overload any single place and to placemake some outer focal minor ‘hubs’ (ie somewhere with two lines!)

Neasden has a ton of housing potential, much as has been done at Wembley. But you wouldn’t call Met services there. Harlesden might see the same.

And as for West Hampstead - in another lifetime yes ideal but not remotely possible in the footprint today. But Finchley Road is already a major focal point and interchange (esp w buses, coaches) and bridges into Hampstead, Frognal etc - quite a wide catchment)

You know, I read this the other day, and largely agreed, I think it would be nice, but won't happen. But you know what, this is a forum of intelligent reasonably-informed people, so why not ask the questions and have a discussion?

...but for once in my life, I'll be good and do so in the correct place:

West London Orbital - Future Interchange Aspirations

From: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/west-london-orbital-consultation.307477/post-7960948 I conversely think that it is good to spread the interchanges on the route to not overload any single place and to placemake some outer focal minor ‘hubs’ (ie somewhere with two lines!) Neasden has...

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