On 07/09/2014 15:58, Recliner wrote:

Robin9 wrote:
[...]
Ever heard of a small station called Clapham Junction? Or noticed all
those railway lines in south London that can get one to East Croydon?
etc etc...

Has Boris Johnson or London Underground ever heard of Clapham Junction?

They are extending the Northern Line to a housing development on the
site of the old Battersea Power Station instead of to Clapham Junction
and Wandsworth even though Wandsworth Council have offered to pay for
the extension to Wandsworth.

Isn't it because they're afraid that every Northern Line train would leave
Clapham Junction already loaded to capacity in the rush hour, leaving no
space for the Battersea residents and workers who've paid for the
extension? Crossrail 2 is planned as the way to get people from Clapham
Junction directly to Central London.

That's exactly why. Robin should visit Clapham Jn during the peak and
he'd quickly see that any Northern line extension would be completely
overrun.

(Similar logic applies to the hypothetical extension of the Victoria
line south from Brixton to Streatham - Streathamites would love it, but
it's already over capacity.)