"Tristán White" wrote in message
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"Paul Scott" wrote in
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Er.. you haven't been following why the NLL closure is taking place at
all, have you, even living in Canning Town! I gues you won't have
taken part in the consultation process.....

No, I never knew anything about the closure until it was all agreed. I'd
have loved to have been consulted!

Canning Town NLL platforms & Straftford platforms 1 &2 become DLR
platforms - that's the whole point of the NLL closures.....

The good thing about the DLR where it is at the moment, is if I am going
into town, I stand just at the bottom of the escalators to the DLR where
I can see how long for the next DLR and whether it's going to Tower
Gateway or Bank. Depending on whether one of them, or the JLE, comes
first, I take it. Going from Canning Town to Kings Cross, it's slightly
quicker to take the DLR to Bank and change to the Northern Line, but if
there's a JLE in 1 minute and a Bank train in 7, it's not worth it.

It's quite useful to hover in this limbo with easy access to either
platform. So why move the DLR to the NLL platform at Canning Town?

They aren't 'moving' the DLR - there will be 4 DLR platforms - 2 for
stations to Bank as now, 2 for Stratford international. You'll have exactly
the same choice for 'going into town' as now.....

Not to mention the extra expense that this reburbishment will entail,
and the necessary downtime.

Not to mention the fact that the current DLL platform is completely
accessible whereas the future one on the current NLL platform is not
(yet).

It will be accessible, like all the new DLR stations on the new DLR route...

Oh well, they had their consultation and I wasn't asked, so I guess it's
too late now.

DLR have convinced the DfT that they undertook a full consultation,
including 100% coverage of homes in the area. You must have been out when
this happened, if you are new to the area, then unlucky, you missed it....

'In October 2004, a leaflet describing the proposals was distributed to over
40,000 households and businesses within the catchment area of the proposal.
This was followed by presentations at various local forums in late 2004.
In February 2005, a second leaflet describing station options was
distributed to households and businesses within the station catchment areas.
This was followed by a number of local open workshops in early March 2005 to
gauge comments and issues. In July 2005 the selected locations for new
stations were presented to local residents, with plans and artists
impressions.'

On the DLR website at:
http://developments.dlr.co.uk/extens...rd/index.shtml

Paul