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MIG wrote:

On Dec 3, 5:53*pm, Graeme Wall wrote:
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IIRC, earlier in the thread I conceded that converting the Hammersmith
Branch to a Crossrail extension is perhaps not a good idea.

On the positive side this means that the branch will remain something
of a preserved example of early urban transit. *Between Westbourne
park and Goldhawk Road, the route is in essence an "Elevated". *There
are not too many examples of "Els" left anywhere in the world. *Only
Chicago has signifficant sections remaining.

You've not looked at south London lately then...

Isn't there a sort of circular elevated route in Paris? It's been a
long time ...

Line 2 has an elevated section which crosses the throat of Gare du Nord.

And, of course, there's the District/Piccadilly line between Ealing and
Hammersmith

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