Step Free Access at Epping

They can be remotely monitored.

On the Southern there are stations with three exits with CTS normal and WA Gates. One set is staffed and the others have Help Points and CCTV watching them.

.............circus cannon, circus trapeze, trampoline, or my favourite. Strap em to the side of a Saturn 5 rocket and get em to the other platform by bouncing em off the moon. Ok, they'd end up a bit messy and rather dead, but you could never accuse TFL of not getting em to the other side.............Well done Boris, another string to your bow. Which could be utilised to fire a punter, missile like across the great divide.............

.............seems to me it's rather a miracle that a train gets to Epping at all, let alone the wrong side. Today they were farting, blowing raspberries and generally dying all over the place..............Cake?

But that means we'd have walk a bit faster when changing ends!

I think the Radar Key Scheme would work well for that gate, and any others so required. It'd be cheaper and be less of a hassle than a High Barnet style elongated walkway!

Unfortunately it's not quite that simple. If you redesign the signalling to enforce a slower approach (which itself will cost money), the run in/run out times will be extended. This reduces the capacity of the terminus, and if you can't turn round as many trains per hour, that in turn means you cant run as many trains per hour through the line.

The east end of the Central Line is fortunate in having a number of reversing points (Debden, Loughton, Hainault, Newbury Park, Woodford via Hainault, also Woodford Bay and Leytonstone but these are less useful). Nonetheless redesigning Epping has the potential to affect the capability of the entire line.

I'm sure one could be purchased!


It is primarily, but it could be adapted for other uses too!