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London's Victoria line was built for "cross-platform interchange" like that (often by having its lines arrive on the "outside" of another line, so that both tra
by lmm 3y ago
London's Victoria line was built for "cross-platform interchange" like that (often by having its lines arrive on the "outside" of another line, so that both tracks were alongside same-direction tracks). Nowadays it's something they generally avoid, on the grounds that it reduces circulation space - with the system running close to capacity, they prefer to have everyone walk further so that the crowds spread out a bit.
- bobthepanda 3y agoIt works if you have very wide platforms. The general issue is that London doesn’t build large platforms suitable for cross platform interchange. London also uses this crowding excuse to deliberately not build transfers, like the new Northern Line extension with the Victoria Line.