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Old January 27th 11, 01:52 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:14:54 -0000, "Recliner"
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"Paul Corfield" wrote in message

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:55:23 +0000, "
wrote:

It'd also be cool if they would start offering service on the NLL
from Camden Town at least to Queen's Park. But I guess that's more
of a dream.


Not quite fulfilling your wish list but during the upcoming blockade
in late February the NLL trains run Stratford - Watford Junction via
Primrose Hill. You can dig out details of trains on the NR website -
the service seems to be every 20 mins or so.


So it'll be possible to catch a direct train from the 2012 Olympics site
to the sites of both the 1948 *and* 1908 Olympics (via both the Central
Line and Overground when it's running).

Not quite. Wembley Central is a bit of a schlep from the Wembley
Stadium estate, Wembley Park is on the edge as is Wembley
HillComplexetc. and Wembley Stadium is somewhere under a load of
weeds.

Of course, the 1908 Olympics site already has regular connections to
both the 1948 and 2012 Olympic sites, so for that brief period, all
three Olympic sites will have direct rail links. This certainly wouldn't
be possible anywhere else in the world, and not often even in London.

And you can do it all on an Oyster card, too. Maybe people will be
attempting Olympic triangle records, with Oyster recording the times?