On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, MIG wrote:

On 14 Aug, 17:57, Tom Anderson wrote:
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 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).

No one seems to be bothered about the people in Brockley, Honour Oak
etc, whose currently overloaded services to London Bridge are to be
diverted to the back of the same beyond

I am! But that's an argument that's already lost.

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.

Presumably rebuilding the bridge over the main line, but I am not sure
if some of the land by the park is still available. Certainly some
tennis courts there now by the look of it, but there could be more.

It is possible to knock these things down. Some combination of expensive
and unpopular (the more you spend on compensating improvements to the
park, the less unpopular it will be), but possible.

Getting rid of the greenway trail will be unpopular in itself, of course.

Maybe Hornsey depot could be converted into a park?

tom

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