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Water musician · February 16th 16, 09:22 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 16 Feb 2016, d wrote
(in article ):

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:49:06 +0000
Water musician wrote:
On 16 Feb 2016, d wrote
(in article ):
No, its closed because TfL don't believe in installing reversing points.
To close 3 miles of the line that could satisfactorily operated otherwise
just because of work at one station is pathetic.

Presumably you DO believe in paying a £6 (or might it be a tenner?)
single-zone fare to fund lots of enhancements.

So lets get this straight, you think installing one extra set of reversing
points when the ELLX was being built would require an extra 5 quid on fares
to fund it do you?

Go and have a lie down.

Of course not. My point is that TfL has to work to budgets. Which means that
“wish lists” or optimum systems may have to be trimmed to produce
affordable, deliverable budgets.

This group could probably generate a list of 100 or more desirable
enhancements to London’s transport network in a couple of hours – many of
which could deliver more efficient / more economical operations.

But implementing them all would not be possible unless TfL had a much bigger
budget – and that can only come from two sources: taxpayers or passengers.

Personally, my No1 priority would be to double capacity on the 360 and 244
bus routes – but I accept that the best we’re likely to get is an extra 1
bus/hour when contracts are renewed.

Sadly, development of any system all too often turns out to be a tussle
between what’s desirable and what’s affordable within a given budget.

That is the point I am trying to make.