Tom Anderson wrote in message ...
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, simon wrote:
with the almost certain expansion of Stansted airport, in the long term,
returning the Epping-Ongar route might make sense.
Hang on, just how much are they planning to extend Stansted? I make it
about 20 km from the airport to Ongar ...
tom
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...em.bc.ic.ac.uk
From: Sunil )
Subject: Epping to Ongar: expected to open by Easter 2000, six
months early
Newsgroups: uk.railway, uk.transport.london
Date: 1999/10/22
[Madcap Plan alert!]
How about *somehow* building a 'South Essex Railway' from Harlow,
south to Epping, utilise the old Ongar route and continue eastwards to
Brentwood and Shenfield, thus enabling a Cambridge/Stansted to
Southend service to be run?
[ducks for cover]
Sunil