On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:39:22 +0100, steve
wrote:

If we are talking about closing the bank section of the Northern Line
again then quite rightly given last time they closed it for several months.

I am proposing, quite seriously, the idea of closing a complete line
at a time (with suitable bus replacement services feeding other lines
via areas of as low traffic congestion as feasible) and completely
renewing all of the tired infrastructure, which would result in a
reduced maintenance requirement for years to come. The idea would be
to bring the infrastructure up to the superb standard of, say, the
Hamburg system. New track, new signals, new cabling, the lot.

A bit of short term pain for a *lot* of long-term gain, both financial
and in terms of fewer blockades.

Neil

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