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Old April 16th 04, 05:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tom Anderson Tom Anderson is offline
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Default CrossRail or CrossConnections? Guns or butter?

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Aidan Stanger wrote:

Gary Jenkins wrote:

Alternatively this could be a completely new line going on northwards
to Canary Wharf, Mile End and Hackney and finishing off at Finsbury
Park or Tottenham Hale.


I don't think a line that misses Central London would be worth all that
expensive tunnelling!


Agreed - this would be a repeat of the exercise in futility that is the
ELL extension, only far worse. Lines really need to give people access to
central London; once they have that, you can think about orbital routes.

tom

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