On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, John B wrote:

On 14 Aug, 13:29, somersetchris somersetchris.
wrote:

I still think that the best thing they could do is extend the ELL to
Finsbury Park

Yes.

and then in the future extend it to Highgate/Muswell Hill/Ally Pally.
One bit at a time.

No. The people who live in those areas currently use buses and the
Northern and Victoria lines to get to central parts of town. Giving them a
service which runs to the east end and the back of beyond isn't going to
change their travel habits (unless they work right at the east end of the
City, where they can walk from Shoreditch High Street).

A resurrected Northern Heights line should connect to the Moorgate line.
Yes, that line is busy, but it's still only something like 15 tph in the
peaks - there's room for more, if the junction to the branch is fully
graded.

What's your solution to the flat-junction-with-NLL-in-steep-cutting-
with-houses-on-both-sides-hence-no-room-for-flyover problem, then?

Ski jump. Offset the cost by selling spectator's tickets.

tom

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