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Old September 18th 03, 08:38 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Angus Bryant Angus Bryant is offline
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Default Stratford Eurostar station.

"Matthew Malthouse" wrote in message
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} There is also an extention to the DLR that will provide dual

platforms
} at the extsiting Stratford and a new terminus at the International
} station.
}
}

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/developmen...d/stations.htm
}
} Looking at the maps, would option 2 (which seems like a wholly new DLR
} route to Stratford) mean abandonment of the current DLR line to
} Stratford, or would there then be 2 ways to get there via different
} routes? I'm not from the area but thats how the map reads to me. Option
} 1 looks like an extension to the current layout.

It's all rather lacking in detail but it seems that the prefered option
2 would use the North London Line corridor from Custom House to
Stratford as DLR thsu providing a direct link between Startfor
International and London City Airport.

Nothing on the site suggests the abandonment of the Stratford to Poplar
branch and indeed that would seem foolish as it's a direct link to
Canary Wharf and very busy mcuh of the time. However foolish transport
decsisions are not entirely unknown.

What happens to the North London Line as a concequence of building DLR
option 2 is not stated.


I thought the intention (if you look at the DLR Stratford extension maps
closely - see the orange (?) route) is to divert the NLL services into
Stratford main station and up the Lea Valley.

Angus