Colin wrote:

"Piccadilly Pilot" wrote in message
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James Looker wrote:

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The preservation society shpuld of got it and Ongar would now have a
tourist attraction like the Bluebell line....

Another stuff up by Labour


How is this a "stuff up by Labour"?


I was wondering this too. IIRC Epping-Ongar closed in 1994, several
years before Labour came to power.
Please explain your reasoning James.....

It did close in 1994 but it wasnt "sold off" untill 1997 by the Labour
Government choosing a company that was unwanted by the local population
on a business plan that everyone could see was just a premise to gain
the land to flog for housing later on, a situation that has now been
proved right.

Regarding the comment about dreary countryside, this could be only the
beginning with old tube stock or steam introduced at a later date making
the case for tourisim. Regarding a connection at Epping LU refused to
allow them to do this and insisted that any station at Epping would have
to be built 400 or so yards up the line away from Epping station which
the company at the time could not afford.