"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
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Arthur Figgis wrote:

- If passengers from south of Balham aren't enough to fill the trains,
consider extending south of Morden. I think there was once a plan, a
long time ago, to take over or share the railway to Sutton. Another
option would be a smidgen more tunnel and the eating of the railway
branch to Chessington.

Wasn't the Wimbledon - Sutton line built by the railways as a blocking
move to prevent the underground being extended to Sutton?

I thought it was a joint venture that only saw half come off.


I've seen at least one pair of 'Morden North' and 'Morden South' roundels
somewhere, presumably prototyped for this very purpose.

It would be an easy extension to build, simply by adapting Morden depot
slightly, and building one new road bridge.

Would it really be that useful though, without an express route? Journey
times from the south end of the Northern line to central London do not
compare favourably with national rail. Even the meandering Sutton loop is
probably faster.

I believe the original express plans were to duplicate the line all the way
to Morden, with stops only at Tooting Broadway and Stockwell, presumably
with cross platform express-slow interchange at these stations.

BTN