On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:38:12 +0100 Angus Bryant wrote:
} "Matthew Malthouse" wrote in message
} .. .
}
} } 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.

I've not found a map that admits to that close an inspection. Can you
point me in the right direction?


Matthew
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