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Default London Battersea Northern Line extension now done with a loan?

On 10 Dec, 12:59, "Richard J." wrote:
wrote on 10 December 2012 12:34:47 ...

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:26:39 -0000
"Peter Masson" wrote:
Boltar wrote


I'm sorry but terminating the JLE at stratford was down to nothing more
than
money or lack thereof, don't pretend there was any great plan.


The motivations for the JLE route were serving Canary Wharf from Waterloo,
serving Canary Wharf from Stratford (DLR did not have enough capacity), the


The DLR had and has plenty of capacity mainly because it has a much more
frequent service.


Not true. *The Jubilee from Stratford to Canary Wharf has 24 tph in the
peaks; the DLR from Stratford to Canary Wharf has 10 tph with
lower-capacity trains, and is limited by part of the route being
single-track.



The NLL could have been upgraded for longer, more frequent trains and
diverted under the river. An Interchange with a Jubilee extension to
Thamsmead would have been entirely possible.