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Topic: Re:Re:Back to the lift question
Posted by: Richard Jennings
Date/Time: 17/01/16 12:19:00

"As mentioned, I reckon they would demolish the walls opposite where the two sets of stairs lead to the platform then excavate the existing platform for the lift shafts."

That was indeed the plan when Turnham Green was to become an interchange station with a Crossrail branch to Richmond and Kingston.  I've just dug out the plans which date from 2003.

There would have been a Crossrail station underneath Chiswick Back Common, linked by escalators rising under Turnham Green Terrace into a new station building adjacent to the viaduct with access through to the existing corridor at the bottom of the stairs to the District/Piccadilly lines.

Across the corridor from the stairs would be short lift lobbies, and the lifts would take passengers to and from the western end of the existing platforms.  As space on the platforms is limited alongside the stair well, it was planned to extend the platforms at the eastern end to enable trains to stop 26 metres east of their current stopping position, in order to reduce congestion on the approaches to the lifts.

The project was planned is some detail, even to the extent of estimating the number of lorry movements required to deliver materials and remove rubble (64 for the LU station works including lifts).

But it all came to nothing when the Kingston branch was removed from the Crossrail plan.


Michael, there are no plans to fit platform edge doors in connection with the new Piccadilly line trains.  These would only be required for driverless operation.  The "automated operation" that you refer to is similar to that currently in operation on the Victoria, Jubilee, Northern and Central lines.  Known as "ATO" (automatic train operation), the system controls the movement of the train from station to station, but relies on a human driver to control the doors and initiate the start from each station.


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   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 18:59:00 Elizabeth Ross
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 19:32:00 Michael Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 20:00:00 George Turner
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 21:06:00 Michael Robinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 21:17:00 David Sindall
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 21:31:00 Elizabeth Jane Daley
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 23:49:00 Richard Jennings
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                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:11:00 Alison Neary
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                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:19:00 Chris Calvi-Freeman
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:42:00 Michael Robinson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:24:00 Alison Neary
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:29:00 Alison Neary
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:48:00 Dan Evans
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:52:00 Alison Neary
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:56:00 Chris Calvi-Freeman
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 10:08:00 Michael Robinson
   Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 12:36:00 Andy Rooney
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 12:43:00 Alison Neary
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 12:47:00 Michael Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 15:04:00 Andy Rooney
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 15:09:00 Alison Neary
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?14/01/16 09:50:00 David McLoughlin
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?14/01/16 09:59:00 Michael Robinson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?15/01/16 07:46:00 Kevin Howard
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?15/01/16 08:59:00 David Cuss
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?15/01/16 09:52:00 David Cuss
                              Back to the lift question15/01/16 11:50:00 Felicity Caborn
                                 Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 11:56:00 Julian Pavey
                                 Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 12:57:00 Michael Robinson
                                    Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:31:00 Julian Pavey
                                       Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:50:00 Andy Rooney
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:54:00 Alison Neary
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:54:00 Julian Pavey
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 19:28:00 David Sindall
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 23:58:00 Michael Robinson
                                    Re:Re:Back to the lift question17/01/16 12:19:00 Richard Jennings
                                       Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question17/01/16 17:22:00 Michael Robinson
   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 00:33:00 Beryl Wall
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 09:21:00 Alison Neary
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 14:31:00 Kevin Howard
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 14:46:00 Alison Neary
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 15:27:00 Andy Rooney
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 17:50:00 Paul Corcoran
   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts21/01/16 13:01:00 George Foster
      Re:Re:Gunnersbury station - when's it likely to get lifts21/01/16 15:20:00 Richard Greenhough
   Bump n/m09/04/18 16:56:00 Richard Greenhough
      Lifts at local stations ...10/04/18 21:18:00 George Turner
         Re:Lifts at local stations ...10/04/18 21:30:00 Claire Moran
            Re:Re:Lifts at local stations ...11/04/18 03:17:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
               Re:Re:Re:Lifts at local stations ...11/04/18 08:43:00 David McLoughlin
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Lifts at local stations ...11/04/18 12:18:00 Richard Greenhough
   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts11/04/18 16:31:00 Caoimhe Hale
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts11/04/18 18:10:00 Richard Jennings
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts11/04/18 22:13:00 Caoimhe Hale
            Re: What about Brentford Station?  Going Backwards?11/04/18 22:31:00 Philippa Bond

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