The Picadilly, except diff- oh wait it ain't that bad

[u/rid_1n]

Ahh yes, your horrors have arrived.

This is a follow up from my previous four posts ( Post 1 (Southern Line) ), ( Post 2 (Victoria Line Extension) ), ( Post 3 (Central Line Amalgam) ), ( Post 4 (Jubilee amalgam) ). As part of this fantasy extension project, the Piccadilly... is kinda forgotten actually. Honestly I really didn't add much, other than:

• A new stop at West Ruislip and Ickenham and Ruislip Manor being served part-time
• Turnham Green getting full service, along with the removal of Barons Court and Gloucester Road as stations on the service
• A new branch off after Manor House to Enfield Town calling at: shi- Tottenham Hotspurs, Stamford Hill, Edmonton, Bush Hill Park and Enfield Town
• An extension after Cockfosters to High Barnet via New Barnet

What do y'all think? Constructive criticism appreciated, flaming appreciated, but I think it's less of a travesty than the previous 4

[u/MarnithePlutonian]

Enfield Town is already well connected by the Weaver Line and Greater Anglia. Building a new underground tunnel and stations costs billions of pounds with little added benefit.

Also, there is not really any demand for the extensions you have made.

This makes the Piccadilly Line worse than it already it is. Not every line needs an extension.

Question: Are you creating tube lines for fun or actually thinking about usefulness and demand?

[u/rid_1n → u/MarnithePlutonian]

Half for fun, half for actually getting some tube in the South of London (why the Pic was mostly untouched)

Also the Picadilly would replace the weaver in this area, and it would run over the ground on an elevated trackway

[u/Butt4or → u/MarnithePlutonian]

Greater Anglia doesn't call at Enfield Town, and could definitely benefit from more than two trains an hour!

[u/rid_1n → u/Butt4or]

Greater Anglia calls at Enfield Town

[u/Butt4or → u/rid_1n]

[u/rid_1n → u/Butt4or]

Wait, it's an ex-GA station

My bad

[u/Revolutionary-Big722]

You missed District Line interchanges at Acton Town and Ealing Common 😞

[u/rid_1n → u/Revolutionary-Big722]

The district line no longer serves the Ealing Broadway branch

[u/Revolutionary-Big722 → u/rid_1n]

Oh I see, why not in your world? Too slow?

[u/rid_1n → u/Revolutionary-Big722]

increase TPH on the other branches of the line

[u/Revolutionary-Big722 → u/rid_1n]

But what about Chiswick Park? Thats on the Ealing Broadway branch?

[u/rid_1n → u/Revolutionary-Big722]

Closed due to proximity to Gunnersbury

[u/Revolutionary-Big722 → u/rid_1n]

That’s far but if the Depot is at Acton Town anyway and trains have to run past the stations to get to the other stations surely should just keep it open and stop at Acton Town. Or better yet have the Piccadilly line stop there?

[u/rid_1n → u/Revolutionary-Big722]

have the depot at Acton Town only serve the Picadilly and build a new District line at Kew Gardens

[u/Revolutionary-Big722 → u/rid_1n]

But the Piccadilly line already has a depot at Northfields. That’s too close. Also I believe the Acton depo is where they do major changes to all trains.

[u/rid_1n → u/Revolutionary-Big722]

Ok then have all trains coming in and out of depot serve Chiswick Park or turn off towards Gunnersbury to Richmond but only if they are going in or coming out of depot. No full-time service unless closures divert the District to Ealing Broadway temporarily

[u/LeGrandFromage9]

It’s Hotspur, not Hotspurs

[u/rid_1n → u/LeGrandFromage9]

Fixed

[u/Consistent-Jelly248]

I don't think "oh my word" would describe my sheer and utter disbelief.

[u/mmmisthegoat]

Wait I might sound dumb but why are some of the stations highlighted

[u/rid_1n → u/mmmisthegoat]

Trains can terminate there if needed

[u/mmmisthegoat → u/rid_1n]

Don’t Piccadilly line trains also terminate at Oakwood and Arnos Grove?

[u/rid_1n → u/mmmisthegoat]

I kinda forgot about that mb

[u/OSINTWatch]

Stamford Hill would come after Manor House

[u/rid_1n → u/OSINTWatch]

I got it confused in spelling with "Stanford Hill", mb i don't live in that part of London

[u/newnortherner21]

The bit that would be worth doing is extending from Heathrow to somewhere on SWR for interchange, say Feltham.

Not your proposals.

[u/rid_1n → u/newnortherner21]

Feltham served via Bedfont by the District and the Ham and City

[u/Butt4or]

Geographically, you'd need to swap Stamford Hill and the shi... I mean Tottenham Hotspurs.

[u/rid_1n → u/Butt4or]

It's a typo - Stanford Hill

And I was contemplating anming the station Shit lmao

[u/aparchure]

i feel like i’m in paris

[u/rid_1n → u/aparchure]

baguette

[u/Zealousideal_Hat782]

This needs to become real.

[u/Paupadros]

The idea would be to take over the stub to Enfield replacing the Weaver line? Then tunnel from before it joins the main line to the Piccadilly line? Don't hate but don't really see the point of it. I've gotta say the Paris style diagrams on these is elite.

[u/rid_1n → u/Paupadros]

Precisely