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Old September 1st 20, 09:35 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Dukes Avenue bridge, on disused Alexandra Palace branch, may be

On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 07:12:51 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
I'm not convinced a light railway/tram with all the extra expense of

maintaining
specialised rolling stock and its own depot would be cheaper than just

laying a
couple of extra miles of track out from highgate depot, but either way the

area
needs a rail link as during (normal) rush hours its just gridlock around

there.


Are the people in the motor vehicles all going to the same place as the
train would take them?


Don't know tbh, but there are a lot of buses that go to tube and railway
stations nearby and given its a london suburb you can bet a lot of people
work in town. Or did before covid.