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Basil Jet[_4_] · September 4th 15, 05:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2015\09\04 16:47, y wrote:
On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:32:44 +0100
e27002 aurora wrote:
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:07:14 +0000 (UTC), y wrote:

On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 02:08:26 -0700 (PDT)
wrote:
Canning Town to Stratford DLR (taken over from NLL) provides useful connect=
ions northwards, and Stratford has tons of connections to all kinds of plac=
es.

Personally I think that link would have been far more useful as part of the
upgraded Overground NLL. I don't really understand the reasoning behind making
it part of the DLR. Instead of some nice 378s you have to ride on rattly
uncomfortable DLR trains and change at stratford if you wish to continue
further around the NLL.

IMHO It would have made more sense to have continued the NLL from
Canning Town under the Thames and on to North Greenwich and Maze Hill.

Useful but very expensive.

A surface alignment from North Greenwich to Blackheath Tunnel would be
cheaper and better. Platforms at Westcombe Park would have a footbridge
to the existing station on the other side of the former motorway. But I
suspect Lewisham is too crowded for more trains, so Blackheath would
probably have to lose some of its car park for a siding.