On 29 Jan, 14:01, "Andrew Heenan" wrote:
I was actually amazed that they didn't ever even propose to extend the
poplar line through to International;

How would you do this? You can either make a loop to the south and go
through the NLL underpass, but that requires also converting Stratford-
Canning Town to DLR otherwise you won't get permission to close the
NLL in the first place. And if you build that, the connection from the
Poplar line becomes inessential.

Alternatively you can build a new flyover across the Great Eastern
Main Line if you get out the really big chequebook. Although then you
have the question how to get from the flyover to SI cheaply without
spoiling the development land by crossing it at grade.

costing money, it would have encouraged those Docklands folk to go there!

Hooking up a trainless station into the local transport network was
always going to be at the lowest possible cost. The Stratford Canning
Town section of the current scheme has a reasonable cost-benefit ratio
on its own, so the only SI-specific expense is the northern part.

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