I've always wondered this, but why do National Rail have a station at both West Ruislip and South Ruislip?
It seems quite strange to have stations this close (on a line which is clearly not a metro style one) for a line where both stations are already served by the frequent central line if you needed to quickly go from one to the other to connect to Chiltern. If one closed, surely it would just be a minor inconvenience in terms of how the line is used as you'd just use the central line to connect between the two.
The service pattern itself probably raises this question further, as in most cases, trains from Chiltern either call at one or the other and I believe there are only a handful of trains which call at both. I thought maybe its to do with the passing loops as one is on the Westbound and the other on the Eastbound, but then again, you could easily solve that by installing the additional fast line where it is currently missing at one of the stations.
I don't know if there are similar examples of this elsewhere in London (please do not compare this with the Elizabeth line between Bond Street and TCR, which are also both served by the central - completely different)
I suppose a similar argument could be raised for why there are two Sudburys on the same line, however, that one seems more obvious in that only one really connects to the Piccadilly line and there would be no other way to travel between the two by rail if one closed.
Anyway, which one would people say is the more logical one to close, if one HAD to be shut?
It seems quite strange to have stations this close (on a line which is clearly not a metro style one) for a line where both stations are already served by the frequent central line if you needed to quickly go from one to the other to connect to Chiltern. If one closed, surely it would just be a minor inconvenience in terms of how the line is used as you'd just use the central line to connect between the two.
The service pattern itself probably raises this question further, as in most cases, trains from Chiltern either call at one or the other and I believe there are only a handful of trains which call at both. I thought maybe its to do with the passing loops as one is on the Westbound and the other on the Eastbound, but then again, you could easily solve that by installing the additional fast line where it is currently missing at one of the stations.
I don't know if there are similar examples of this elsewhere in London (please do not compare this with the Elizabeth line between Bond Street and TCR, which are also both served by the central - completely different)
I suppose a similar argument could be raised for why there are two Sudburys on the same line, however, that one seems more obvious in that only one really connects to the Piccadilly line and there would be no other way to travel between the two by rail if one closed.
Anyway, which one would people say is the more logical one to close, if one HAD to be shut?
