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Originally Posted by Mr Thant
On May 24, 8:47 am, Paula wrote:
Actually the original Shoreditch station was on the corner of Old
Street and Kingsland Road. The new Hoxton station is going to be behind
the Geffrye Museum. Not that far apart...
OK, it's only a third of a mile, but importantly is the viaduct there
is only four tracks wide, not four tracks plus platforms, so building
a station there with through tracks would be much more expensive.
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Point taken and the same applies at Haggerston where the old station was south of Lee Street and the new one is north of it! Oh well another opportunity lost :-(
Paula