London Banter - View Single Post - 5 car Overground trains to Watford Junction

[email protected] · January 13th 15, 03:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , d
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:05:15 -0800 (PST)
Mark wrote:
On Monday, 12 January 2015 17:31:56 UTC, wrote:
entrance on the other side to add another 100m onto the walk. The line
can't take 5 car trains at some stops - and don't tell me they couldn't
have enlarged station tunnels - the trains were indequate from the
start and the service frequency is poor.

It's been said for well over a decade now that lengthening Rotherhithe
and Wapping would either be too difficult or impossible. Selective door
opening is common on bits of the tube network which are far newer.

It was said that enlarging the connaught tunnel for crossrail was
"impossible" but they managed it.

If they'd simply built the section north from whitechapel and instead
of the idiotic decision to stop at H&I instead of finsbury which would
have provided an interchange with the ECML it would have been a much
more useful line and cheaper. There was no need to co-opt pre existing
sound london lines since they were already perfectly well served.

You repeatedly say this, but repeating it doesn't mean it makes any more
sense.

Well it makes more sense than thousands of people spilling out at
finsbury, shuffling onto the victoria line - which is already seriously
overcrowded there in the rush hour - for one stop then getting off at
highbury when there is an underused freight line - albeit single track
- onto the NLL that could have been used for passenger trains.

It was singled to get it electrified through the tunnel which would
otherwise have been problematic. It's not really an answer here because it
would mean a flat crossing of the North London line.

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Colin Rosenstiel