Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, John Rowland wrote:


"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Dave Arquati wrote:


I believe even in the tunnel to Bank for an underground
station to replace Tower Gateway, which was originally
going to be closed in favour of Bank, but DLR decided
operationally that it was too useful to close.

Do you have any (pointers to) more information on this?

The flat straight spot between two very steep curved sections is quite
obvious if you ride the DLR to or from Bank, especially if you sit in
the front.


Is that right after the junction with the Tower Gateway branch,
immediately south of Tower Gateway station? That's the only likely-looking
straight bit i can see on the (admittedly quite poor) maps i can find.
Although it is on the right tunnel, sadly, it's even further from
Fenchurch Street than Tower Gateway - although perhaps closer to Tower
Hill.

tom

Why does it need to be so close to Fenchurch St? Many c2c trains now
stop at either Limehouse or West Ham to provide access to Docklands more
rapidly than going into Fenchurch St and out again.

In any case, DLR are unlikely to close Tower Gateway station at its
current location; it's extremely useful. However, it is due to be
reduced to a single but lengthened platform as part of the capacity
improvement project, as the island platform would become dangerously
overcrowded.