West Hampstead interchange in doubt

Plans for a big development to create an interchange between West Hampstead's three rail stations seem unlikely to happen after all. According to the Ham & High, Transport for London says the proposals are being "downsized".

However, the picture seems a little more confused than the bald headline would suggest:

A spokesman for Chiltern says a major scheme has not been ruled out.

He said: "We have not scaled down the plans. We have all the options on the table in terms of the interchange station at West Hampstead..."

These words come in contrast to the company's trumpet blowing two years ago when business development manager Allan Dare said: "We are talking about a high quality interchange - our view is there is not much point doing this unless we do it properly."