Piccadilly trains calling at Turnham Green

There's a campaign somewhere about getting more trains to stop at TG. I think the official LU line is that it would delay the service too much (and TBH detract from the "fast" tag of the Picc over this section).

Aye, there isnt the *need* to stop trains all day as there is a perfectly adequate District service. If the Green railway is in the poo, the picc can still stop if need be.

Thats the easier way to use this station

I take your point ilt, I suppose traveling to and from Picc stations in central London to Richmond, I see Turnham Green an ideal station to change trains at.

I hardly think South Ken, Gloucester Rd and Earls Court stations are nice interchanges with the Picc, unless you have plenty of time and need the exercise.

For all the reasons stated above, plus it's not a busy station - even in the peak.

They can, but rarely do. I've known a Picc train to stop and open the doors at Ravenscourt Park when the Picc is completely up the wall, so the passengers can transfer to the District.

Picc trains used to stop at TG because the District used to run only a 20 minutely service to Richmond and Ealing at certain times of the day, but the frequency was doubled so the station now gets a train at least every every 5 minutes throughout the day which is deemed adequate. I feel looking at passenger loadings on my train the District frequency is perfectly adequate. It takes a District train 2 to 3 minutes longer to get to Hammersmith from TG and often it takes only a minute longer to get to Acton tn. I feel stopping the picc during the day will just slow things down more than they are already and will be detrimental to the overall service including the District through Acton Tn.

Have you noticed then that the Piccadilly line maps have been deleted from the platforms at TG during the station refurbishment? All you get now is a warning that Picc trains stop in the early morning and late evening only.

Coudl you not put gates in the barrier, normally kept locked, but unlockable by the station staff and/or driver in the event they are needed. Lining up can be done with platform-edge doors on the JLE so I don't see why it couldn't be done here. The only problem might be I suppose different door locations on Picc and District stocks, but gates could be designed for both with selective opening or just keep district stocks on the outer platforms and teh picc on the inner ones or vice versa.

Chris

I'm thinking of a waist-high barrier sited 1-2 feet from the platform edge. Is the platform that narrow that this would be a problem?

Chris

A similar arrangement is in place on westbound District line platforms where the adjacent disused c2c platforms are fenced off, so In theory this would be possible, but waist high is a little too low, to stop people climbing over a barrier needs to be about 4 to 5 feet high.

When I was on the Met doing Watford - Baker Street's I had done a semi fast and the next trip was all stations. I entered Northwick Park doing 50mph before I realized I should be stopping and wasn't going to, I got on the PA and said " Because of a fight in the booking hall, I have been instructed to non stop Northwick Park", just as I entered Preston Road I got back on the PA and said "Northwick Park has just reopened, apologies for the inconvenience". Bulls**t at it's best, I never heard a thing on the matter

Stopping the Picc early morning/late evening goes way back to when all initial LT training was done at Chiswick Works. The early stops let people like myself (trainee bus conductor )get to Chiswick without having to change trains if coming from North (eastish) London

I suspect the current stops are ingrained into that sort of history, but basically were in the Staff Train category originally.