"Mr Thant" wrote in message
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I had a look around Shoreditch last night and all of the ramps and
viaducts joining the original ELL to the Broad Street Viaduct are now
done, bar the very last arch over New Inn Yard. But even that has
rebar and most of its formers in place and is just waiting for its
concrete to be poured. But once it is, you'll be able to walk all the
way from New Cross Gate to Dalston Junction without having to leap any
gaps or crawl over scaffolding.

Looks like the projected late 2009 opening date (six months early)
might actually happen.


I wonder if the rolling stock delivery will turn out to be the obstacle
to early opening, rather than the infrastructure?

OTOH, could the infrastructure and rolling stock be ready, but awaiting the
NR timetable change needed for the Sydenham corridor stopping services,
presumably planned for May 2010?

Paul S