Topic: | Piccadilly stop at Chiswick Park? | |
Posted by: | Tom Pike | |
Date/Time: | 06/01/14 17:06:00 |
Thomas, The London Reconnections prediction is intriguing. Wouldn't it make most sense, though, to make Chiswick Park the new interchange between the Piccadilly and District, if the station wasn't axed altogether? It's at the point where the two lines just about meet so would best shorten the route for those trying to get from Richmond to Heathrow or Ealing, and vice versa. You'd have to squeeze the new city-bound platform for the Richmond branch into the old AIM car park, extending under the roundabout, and giving low-level access to the existing ticket hall. The hall is big enough to have single-run lifts up to the new Piccadilly stop and down to the District. As you said, there's plenty of room on Sainsbury's side for the Richmond-bound platform as part of a larger redevelopment. With a pedestrian bridge to the Business Park, Chiswick Park would also give decent access to the fastest growing passenger destination in Chiswick, bringing some relief to Gunnersbury The generous ticket hall at Chiswick Park always seemed a little grand for the location and in fact was designed in 1931 to service the western extension of the Piccadilly. In contrast, Turnham Green's tunnels and stairs can get pretty crowded with just District Line traffic at rush hours, and there's much less room for expansion. More than 80 years' late, Chiswick Park might become the station it was originally planned to be. |