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Old April 27th 10, 09:25 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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On Apr 27, 2:23*pm, The Gardener wrote:
On Apr 27, 10:20*pm, E27002 wrote:

On Apr 27, 12:50*am, TimB wrote: There's a cab-view video of a test run on the ELl athttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8620188.stm-rather
entertaining at the end where it seems to be herding track workers
along the line.
*Oh and by the way, they're announcing that the line is open, Monday
to Friday.
*


In the video I do not see the inside car line diagrams that
underground cars have. *Will these not be a feature of the "London
Overground"? *I always found them very useful.


They are definitely there - I travelled on the ELL this afternoon. The
whole set-up is very impressive, with the rather gloomy exception of
Dalston Junction, which reminds me of Birmingham New Street or
Sunderland about seven years ago.


Thank you, I am glad to hear it. It will be intersting to see how
these orbital routes develop. I think they will do well.