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This weekend, back in the UK for the first time since the changes to the Circle line to the "Y"or "frying pan" configuration, I have found out just have difficult it is for passengers to endude the ride from Paddington southwards, especially for those having to change at Edgware Road, with youngsters, baggage, and shopping etc., let alone physical difficulties.
Whoever thought that ending the service at Edgware Road needs to be put against the wall, blindfolded, given their last cigarette, and made to walk over the bridge between platforms carrying all passengers baggage, screaming children, and the assisting all the elderly and infirm.
OK, I can understand the principle of operation of the "Y" configuration, but surely it it not beyond the imagination of the planners to let 3/4 services do an "OY" service in that every third or fourth train starts at Hammersmith return to Edgware Road and complete another circle back to Edgeware before returning back to Hammersmith?
To my mind Edgware road is just not suitable for the "Y" plan. This weekend the Circle/District change-over just did not work.
Whoever thought that ending the service at Edgware Road needs to be put against the wall, blindfolded, given their last cigarette, and made to walk over the bridge between platforms carrying all passengers baggage, screaming children, and the assisting all the elderly and infirm.
OK, I can understand the principle of operation of the "Y" configuration, but surely it it not beyond the imagination of the planners to let 3/4 services do an "OY" service in that every third or fourth train starts at Hammersmith return to Edgware Road and complete another circle back to Edgeware before returning back to Hammersmith?
To my mind Edgware road is just not suitable for the "Y" plan. This weekend the Circle/District change-over just did not work.