On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, plcd1 wrote:

On Mar 26, 10:55*pm, wrote:
Published today at:http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/ro...ityeasteng.pdf

* extension of London Overground services from Stratford to
Northumberland Park (or a shuttle service)

Not at all sure what that is supposed to achieve. While I would love
to see a service restored at places like Lea Bridge there is no talk
here about the obvious link which is the Coppermill Curve to the
Chingford Line - the alignment is still there and it would be a
marginal additional to any grade separation works.

It would be physically entirely separate from the grade separation works:
the report talks about grade separating the junction on the north side of
the complex, whereas restoring the Coppermill Curve would involve the
tracks to the east and south. I'm not saying it's not a good idea, just
that it's a bit mendacious to try and sell it as a cheap addition to
something that's going to be done anyway.

It would also allow far better local services to be created if coupled
with plans to add extra stations. I think a shuttle service would be far
better than extending the NLL from Richmond. That strikes me as making
the line extremely long and prone to even more delays as it would
interface with yet another set of lines.

That's a good point. I think the Lea Valley line offers quite a bit of
recovery capacity to buffer performance pollution coming from either
direction, particularly if the stop at Stratford is made nice and long.
Although then you might have problems with platform capacity - i'm not
sure which platforms a through service would use.

A frequent local shuttle would probably be better but they need to be
inventive with stations and interchanges - e.g. would they sort out
Angel Road given its promixity to IKEA or would they contemplate a Ferry
Lane station to give interchange on to GOBLIN but perhaps only with
local line platforms on the 4 track section? A station near Ruckholt
Road in Leyton to the north of the Olympics site would also be a good
idea. The Chingford Line could easily have 3 extra stations (Forest
Road, Winchester Road / North Circ, Chingford Hatch) added to improve
its coverage.

You're a hair's breadth away from mentioning your idea of running the DLR
up to Chingford now, i can tell .

tom

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