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[email protected] · May 31st 17, 09:39 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , d () wrote:

On Tue, 30 May 2017 11:57:49 -0500
wrote:
In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message ,
at 04:07:40 on Tue, 30 May 2017, Paul Corfield
remarked:
I will be astonished if CR2 starts construction within the next 20
years. We will see a repeat of the nonsense that Crossrail had to
endure to get to the point of "spades in the ground". This is because
politicians are generally pretty stupid when it comes to transport
investment.

Or perhaps they realise that spending huge sums on something like CR2
brings less kudos than promising the same amount for the NHS, were
everyone in the country, not just a few toffs in Chelsea, can bask in
its alleged benefit.

The biggest set of beneficiaries are the 100 million passengers a year
using Waterloo who will either get alternatives or much needed extra
capacity.

If all CR2 is is another line into waterloo then they can save half the
money and terminate it there. Also its been 10 YEARS since eurostar left
waterloo and STILL the international platforms are out of use and if you
go down there today you'll find the whole place is a building site.
Quite what they needed to do to perfectly servicable platforms that
required taking 10 years to design and take half the international section
apart is anyones guess. If there was really concern about capacity at
waterloo those platforms would have been put back into use within 6
months.

Of course it isn't, any more than most of the 100 million annual Waterloo
passengers terminate their journeys there.

You also seem blissfully unaware of the approach track to Waterloo which is
where a lot of the work is needed to allow former International platforms
designed for infrequent arrivals and departures to be used for a frequent
suburban service. You do yourself no favours overlooking such factors.

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Colin Rosenstiel