HC Deb 06 July 1993 vol 228 cc74-5W
Mr. Soley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what conclusions he has reached from his study concerning the practicality of introducing a frequent urban passenger service on the newly electrified railway line between Clapham and Willesden junctions; what would be the estimated cost of re-establishing the intermediate stations at(a) Wormwood Scrubs, (b) Shepherds Bush, (c) West Brompton, (d) Kings Road, Chelsea and (e) York Road, Battersea.

Mr. Norris

The study's main conclusions were that the West London line provides the opportunity to introduce a new inner London rail service at relatively low capital cost, and that the project might be suitable for a joint venture initiative. Analysis of potential usage was inevitably subject to a wide margin of error, but suggested that, while not justified in financial terms, the project's estimated benefits/costs ratio would be about 1.8, excluding station investment. Detailed estimates of costs for individual stations were not made.