"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:


Does anyone have any more information on these possibilities?


Not me. Although i did find this very nice map:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/pdf/DLRmap.pdf

Which has all sorts of intriguing stuff on it. The Arc of Opportunity!
Some kind of future station on the way to Dagenham Dock (on the LTS
line,
rather than the CTRL, i assume). Crossrail going via North Greenwich or
something.

Unfortunately that map's a couple of years out of date now. It's
interesting, though. The stations on the LTS line have been floating
around for a little while, and are generally dependent on government
funding for the development proposals in the area.

http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/86
(not much extra info available though!)

Catford doesn't seem like an obvious destination as it parallels an
existing railway, although it could be useful for interchange to/from
services to Bromley.


Nick O'Donnell is quoted as saying:

"They all got a value for money scoring at the end, and Catford scores
quite favourably."

Maybe it's not that it's an outrageously useful station, but it is a
cheap
one.

Possibly... but if that's the case, and if they've included the effect
on current operations to Lewisham, then it's probably a Good Thing.

They're not planning to assimilate the railway line between Lewisham and
Catford, are they? I guess not, since that would mean either cutting off
the Mid Kent line to Hayes or building a connection from it to the
Catford
loop, to allow trains to get anywhere, and that would be extremely
expensive.

I doubt they'd assimilate the existing line. I imagine construction
along that corridor is relatively easy, as it could follow the River
Ravensbourne (just like the existing line between Greenwich and
Lewisham). You could whack in some stations at Lewisham High St,
Lewisham Hospital, and the greyhound stadium (I think
redevelopment/reuse is expected there), with a nifty little interchange
at Catford / Catford Bridge for Bromley/Orpington and the Hayes line
(which AFAIR alternates between calling at and bypassing Lewisham, so a
"definite" interchange might be another Good Thing).


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

I agree. DLR extension(s) south of Lewisham would relieve overcrowding at
Lewisham, which is a rail bottleneck. There must be a big potential demand
from wharf workers living in the southeast. A Catford Bridge extension would
allow all Hayes trains to bypass Lewisham. A Bromley North extension would
allow all Dartford loop line trains (via Sidcup) to bypass Lewisham, and
also provide a way to reach the wharf from the main Orpington and Sevenoaks
line.