"TKD" wrote in message
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TfL had better start building all those extra lines now if they want to
stand a chance of getting them in place by 2016, not to mention John
Prestcott building the houses for the extra people to live in.
Then there is schools, shops, pubs etc etc.

The article suggests an increase in demand for rail and tube and then
goes on to say it is mostly expected to come from trains, so new tube
lines sound unlikely.

I don't follow that logic. The reference in the article is chair of the
panel for the South East; the South East area -excludes- London, so his
reference is purely in relation to train travel from settlements from
outside the London Boroughs -into- London. Those people still have ultimate
destinations to reach, which unless they work in close proximity to the
terminus (e.g. Paddington Basin or Broadgate) then they still have to take
another mode of transport after their train journey.

This would also imply that the increase on the
tube alone is somewhat less than 24% if most of the new capacity
needed is expected to come from rail.

See above. The article is particularly poorly written, throwing in London's
own predicted population increase at the end. Surprised they didn't pick up
on the latest ONS population predictions as well, now that's when it gets
busy!