Bakerloo Line Extension... to where?

Ken want's it put back to Watford as was.

I read the article and can confirm (good old photographic memory!) that the extension looked to be heading towards Watford Junction, or somewhere in that region anyway. Will there be enough room for both Met and Bakerloo trains at Watford then?

Different Watford. The bakerloo will return to Watford Junction, which is totally separate from Watford Met.

It was - everyone north of Harrow was going to Euston instead.

Besides, Watford Junction has five platforms on the DC lines, not four - one of them is trackless. As long as the signalling between Watford Junction and Watford High Street is of sufficient density and the problem of accessibility with differing rolling stock is solved at High Street, there should be no problems sharing between the Junction and the High Street.

depends where you want to go into london to

met would be fine going to northwest/central london, but say you wanted to go to some of th other big mainline stations. Paddington, Marylebone, Charing X, Waterloo and Victoria would be quicker by bakerloo

'Tis true, but won't be if the Croxley Link is (ever) built. I posted the latest on that here:

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THC

looking at a map of the area, Northwick Park and Kenton stations alraedy look to be pretty close to one another. If the platforms at Keton were extended a little way south, and Northwick Park station moved east a short distance, then it doesn't look (from the map) to be rocket science to build a link from the east end of Northwick Park to the south end of Kenton. Heck you could probably just put up a few signposts and show the stations linked à la Bow Road/Bow Church or Tower Hill/Tower Gateway.

I have never visited either station or been to that area of London though, so I don't know if it truly is possible. I also don't know what complications moving platforms may have on signalling setups, etc.

Chris

ps: after looking at the aerial photos, it looks like it would be easier to build a new station about here on the triangular plot shown on the aerial photo, with platforms to the south and east.

As for names, you could name it Lulworth Avenue after the road it would be on, or Northwick Park (with the present station of that name becoming University of Westminster), or Northwick Park East. Preseton West or West Preston are also possible. Northwick Interchange (or Kenton Interchange) would be well suited to its purpose.

But after the Croxley Link, the Watford service may very well run a higher proportion of semi-fast services. Considering that pax at Watford Junction could have a choice between surface stock and Tube stock for the journey to London, they would probably choose the surface stock.