Unbuilt station at Alperton ?

Not heard of that before, must admit; was it in the grand New Works plan?

On another note (wearing Mod hat) - please don't start threads in capital letters - we don't do shouting here! ;D

It was my first thought, too. According to the informed source, no traces of it has left to the day.

It's strange they never built an interchange with the Central line.

Basically yes, as I understand it. I guess that such a scheme would have to be developer-funded.

You may be right about the curves, but I personally didn't know about it.

Heading in the eastbound direction the Piccadilly Line makes a gentle right-hand curve. The Central Line passing underneath is as good as dead straight.

The 'interchange' would indeed be a similar distance to White City - Wood Lane. Couldn't imagine a dedicated interchange being provided.

There are far more places on the network where there are sharper curves - with stations or not.

My understanding is that although existing curved platforms can remain in use, new platforms have to be straight, so an interchange at the point where Piccadilly and Central cross would not be allowed unless the Picadilly's track were to be realigned.

I thought it wasn't built because you can't have new platforms on an incline, which the track after the existing station are...

Thats what I read on a website (abandoned stations, methinks)...

Park Royal & Twyford Abbey came up in one of the magazines many years ago.
When I was commuting in the late 70s I was able to pick out the remains of some brickwork on the northeast side of the line just south of Twyford Abbey Road which I took to be from the station.
They were well back up by the boundary fence and only two or three courses of brick.
They could well have become buried in the last thirty odd years.

Andy

There is a small stump of the eastbound platform left, if you look out of the left land side of the train, as soon as you cross the twyford road bridge you will see a childrens playgound. Immediatly after that if you look carefully enough you might be lucky to see it!

I wouldn't Bank on that.

Going back to the subject of Wood Lane, it would certainly have been interesting if it had been necessary to straighten the H&C tracks before constructing the new station!! ;D

I'll have to pass on exactly which bit of legislation, but I believe it comes down to interpretation of what is meant by reasonably practicable in the quote at www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1136 "Under current health and safety law, railway operators should reduce the risk from gaps as low as is reasonably practicable." Also, "When new railways are being constructed, we now expect that passenger access to train coaches to be as near as possible step-free."

LU uses the nice acronym PTI - Platform Train Interface for such issues.

Actually I think it is a rather sensible name. Bear in mind it doesn't just cover the doors, but where you put yer boots, accessibility, PEDs, etc etc.