On 2017\05\31 09:05, tim... wrote:
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In article , (Roland
Perry)
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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.
though it doesn't need to leave the mainline at Wimbledon and take a
round the houses route to Chelsea via Balham to achieve that
building the tunnel portal somewhere between Earlsfield and CJ would be
sufficient
CR2 plans to increase trains between Wimbledon and London, and will
allow trains from Chessington and Epsom to get to London without sharing
tracks with the lines from Surbiton. Starting the tunnel north of
Wimbledon wouldn't allow any extra service to Waterloo... the trains
from Wimbledon and the trains from Putney don't share tracks through
Clapham Junction, because both routes have dedicated tracks to Waterloo.