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So finally after however many years it is and hundreds of millions spent -
TA DA! We now have a light railway running on exactly the same route as
a heavy railway ran on. Well that was money well spent.[/i][/color]
Not exactly. You're forgetting the Stratford International bit.[/i][/color]
I doubt it would have been beyond the wit of man to realign or branch off
the original straford line to serve there. Even when the NLL served these
stations they were allegedly poorly used. Who the hell is going to use them
now when the service stops at stratford int? People going into london will
just change at canning town or go all the way to Bank.
B2003
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I share your scepticism about the viability of this project and your alarm at the inordinate cost but I'm more optimistic than you.
The service between Stratford and North Woolwich was very lightly patronised in the old days but demographics and transport possibilites have changed in recent years. I think some people will travel to Stratford for the new shopping centre or to change to either the Central Line or London Overground. Whether enough do so to justify the cost is another matter.