Paul Corfield wrote in
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:12:38 +0000, Dave Arquati wrote:
Fresh off the press - to prevent performance pollution from SET,
Crossrail will share no track with SET on its Isle of Dogs branch and
will terminate at a new cross-platform interchange at Abbey Wood.
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/pages/pro...announced.html
That's a rather neat way of cutting scheme costs now while leaving open
the door for a separately funded extension through to Ebbsfleet at some
far off point in the future. Something tells me this is the first of
many such announcements to ensure the financial problems are resolved.
True, but the biggest cost is the tunnel which is very difficult to reduce
without killing off the scheme (remove Canary Wharf and you lose any
funding from that source that might have been available, remove either of
the other legs (Paddington-Liverpool Street/Liverpool Street-Stratford) and
there really isn't a lot of point).