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Old December 22nd 07, 07:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london, uk.railway
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Default The East London Line is dead... Long live the East London Line

On 22 Dec, 19:50, wrote:
It is a legal requirement that new works and any sort of upgrade must
be DDA compliant (hence, for example, the tendency not to "refurbish"
rolling stock, which would require DDA compliance, but to "refresh"),
so something will have to be done to make the stations DDA compliant,
which with the exception of New Cross and Canada Water, they are
presently not. And Wapping, in particular, is very, very cramped, so
it would be very difficult to carry out these sorts of works and
maintain access to the station.


My understanding is the works planned fall under "refreshment" type
rules and hence no new lifts etc will be provided at existing
stations. The various future maps consistently show them as remaining
non-accessible:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/pdf/tube_map2010.pdf
http://www.campaignforcrossrail.com/...fL_trnsprt.pdf

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