umpston wrote:
"Dr. Sunil" wrote in message
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Tom Anderson wrote in message

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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

[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


The 2002 'London - Ipswich Multi-Modal Study' (LOIS) for the Department for
Transport identified a new Stratford-Chelmsford route as a possible future
rail development. This might take over the Stratford-Epping part of the
central line and the disused bit to Ongar. There could also be a new line
from Epping to Stanstead via Harlow.
(snip)

One plan for Crossrail 2 was to send it to Epping, taking over the
Central Line from Leytonstone to Epping via Woodford. Given the
will-power, a new alignment could be found from Epping to Harlow (either
a longer route to the west of Harlow which could serve southwest Harlow
as well as the existing stations to the north, or a more direct route
along the M11 route) with trains continuing to Stansted. Probably more
expensive than just running Crossrail 2 trains directly up the WA line
from Hackney or Stratford though!

A second branch from Epping via Ongar could continue to Chelmsford -
allowing journeys from there to Stansted with a change at Epping (or put
in a new junction near Coopersale Common and you have a direct route).

I think it would be way too expensive though.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London