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Old May 27th 05, 04:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default TfL Board gives approval for next step for DLR Stratford extension

Boltar wrote:
When the tube initially arrived at Hounslow back in the 30s, heathrow
was a
patch of grass with some bi-planes sitting on it. When the jubilee
line was
extended LCA was already a busy airport and IMO was a clear target
for the JLE to terminate at instead of the rather pointless terminus
at Stratford.


Agreed that LCY would have been a good place for the Jubilee to serve. But
if it had been made the terminus where would the new depot have been sited
and what provision would there have been for people wanting to travel to and
from the east?