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Robin9 · June 27th 12, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:41:14 -0700 (PDT)
77002 wrote:
Visiting this line was on the "to do" list, but no longer. Why
bother?

There is no reason to bother - the line itself passes through pretty dull
countryside and there is sod all at ongar and sod all at north weald. There
used to be a great airshow at north weald but London Blunderground killed
that off when they closed the line. It wouldn't have killed them to keep
a couple of miles of single track line in servicable condition for a few
special events but public service isn't something they care much about.
And of EoR can't persuade Blunderground to let them run into Epping I
suspect they're railway will be a dead duck.

B2003

Half a mile north of Woodford the line is no longer in London. It's in Essex.
London Underground as financed by TfL is unlikely to want to chuck money
at a railway outside London. The Woodford/Hainault loop runs only once
every 20 minutes because, apart from those stations, the route is in Essex.