The Anonymous Widower

The Importance Of The Victoria Line

In an ideal world, Crossrail 2 would be a follow-on to Crossrail 1, but there is not enough money to do that.

So in the time before Crossrail 2 is built, we must make the most of other lines.

The Victoria Line is by some measures one of the most heavily used Underground lines in London and this summer a bottleneck is being removed at Walthamstow Central to increase the frequency of trains on the line.

After this wirk, the big constraint on frequency on the Victoria Line will be the reversing of trains at Brixton.  Under Future Projects for the Victoria Line, Wikipedia says this.

For many years there have been proposals to extend the line one stop southwards from Brixton to Herne Hill. Herne Hill station would be on a large reversing loop with one platform. This would remove a critical capacity restriction by eliminating the need for trains to reverse at Brixton. The Mayor of London’s 2020 Vision, published in 2013, proposed extending the Victoria line “out beyond Brixton” by 2030.

I would suspect this will be done in the near future, as it both increases Victoria Line capacity and gives the line a new station at Herne Hill, which has good interchange possibilities.

Although the Victoria Line is important to London, I do find it strange, that it has no interchange with Crossrail.

Hopefully, during the wait for Crossrail 2, improvements to the Victoria Line will soothe some of the problems.

August 4, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Crossrail, Herne Hill Station, London Underground, Victoria Line