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A suggestion from Jim Blake elow. Is it feasible?
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/cam...2%3A52%3A78 0
Abandoned railway plan could be revived for Parkland Walk
09 August 2007
I WAS interested to read Ernie Nice's letter relating to the former
railway line between Alexandra Palace, Highgate and Finsbury Park. It
is indeed ridiculous that no-one in authority has taken seriously
proposals to revive this line in an effort to alleviate the appalling
traffic congestion - and poor public transport availability - in such
places as Muswell Hill and Crouch End.
snip description of Northern Heights branches etc
The article seems to gloss over the difficulty of getting from the ELL to
Finsbury Park, which currently requires a flat crossing of the NLL, to the
single track Canonbury tunnel to Drayton Park, which then gets you to the
congestion that is Finsbury Park. IIRC it has been researched to death in
the past by TfL, Network Rail and their predecessors, and the junction
requirements found to be impracticable and not cost effective...
In the thread 'Single track line next to Drayton Park station', 26 July
2007, 'Mr Thant' also explains how difficult the connection at the south of
the tunnel would be...
Paul