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[email protected] · April 1st 09, 12:47 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article
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(Mizter T) wrote:

On Mar 31, 1:55*pm, Abigail Brady wrote:

On Mar 31, 1:07*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

How might the LO & ELL changes have panned out then. Would the ELLX
project still have connected into the Kingsland viaduct and run
round to Highbury, after all it's four tracks wide, or just run
up to terminate and interchange at Dalston.

I'm not even sure there would have been an ELLX project in this case.

My thinking exactly. My reading of the inception of the ELLX scheme
was that that an opportunity was seen to connect an underutilised line
- the ELL - up with the disused trackbed between Broad Street and
Dalston Junction (and beyond), as well as reconnect it with the
mainline at the southern end (i.e. New Cross Gate), along with (re)
connecting it to the South London Line (i.e. phase 2 to Clapham Jn).

Thankfully that opportunity - which could so easily have become
another fantasy project such as those which have been discussed on
here many times before - was grasped and is being realised. I must say
I'm somewhat amazed this actually happened!

I wonder if anyone here remembers the Orbital London Rail promotion
railtour which started from Broad Street some time in the 1970s, I'd guess
late 1974 or early 1975?

It was the only railtour I've ever been on where the train started with
brightly coloured balloons tied to the lamp brackets and door handles! I
have a couple of pictures I must scan some time.

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Colin Rosenstiel