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Old February 24th 07, 04:15 PM posted to uk.transport.london
thoss thoss is offline
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Default Trolleybuses for London!

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 John Rowland wrote:

wrote:

Someone ought to do a similar proposal to revive a trolleybus system
along the Edgware Road (from Edgware to Marble Arch)
Dead straight (because the Romans built it)


Not as straight as people think.

and flat for 10 miles.


Rubbish. Part of it is even called "Shoot Up Hill".

An Edgware Road tram/trolley was considered by TfL (or whatever they were
called then) but ruled out, possibly because a lot of the road is quite
narrow.


And Uxbridge Road isn't?
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Thoss