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On 22 Apr, 17:45, E27002 wrote:
On Apr 22, 6:19*am, eastender wrote:

Moreover, I am hopeful that in time we may see further development.
Perhaps in time we will have a four track NLL with ELL trains reaching
Camden Road, or even Queens Park. *There are no plans yet, but who
knows!

What I would find useful is a service via the East curve at Dalston to
Hackney and Stratford, but I suppose there's no chance of that ever
being put back.

Bleedin' ELL
 

On Apr 22, 11:02*am, Stephen Furley wrote:
On 22 Apr, 17:45, E27002 wrote:

On Apr 22, 6:19*am, eastender wrote:
Moreover, I am hopeful that in time we may see further development.
Perhaps in time we will have a four track NLL with ELL trains reaching
Camden Road, or even Queens Park. *There are no plans yet, but who
knows!

What I would find useful is a service via the East curve at Dalston to
Hackney and Stratford, but I suppose there's no chance of that ever
being put back.

Agread, but it probably will not happen. IIRC space has been left at
Dalston Junction for this possibility.

BTW, I thought you no longer used railways at all?

Bleedin' ELL
 

On 22/04/2010 11:18, Basil Jet wrote:
Looks like today won't happen... is Monday looking good?

I wonder if there have ever been any transport projects, say for rail,
where the whole structure has been built, stations, signals, etc.
Perhaps they even had rolling stock tested and ready to go.

It would have simply been a matter if signing the papers and opening the
gate.

But then, for whatever economic or political reason, the entire project
wound up being dismantled without a fare paying passenger ever having
set foot on it.

Bleedin' ELL
 

On 22/04/2010 23:12, wrote:
On 22/04/2010 11:18, Basil Jet wrote:
Looks like today won't happen... is Monday looking good?

I wonder if there have ever been any transport projects, say for rail,
where the whole structure has been built, stations, signals, etc.
Perhaps they even had rolling stock tested and ready to go.

It would have simply been a matter if signing the papers and opening the
gate.

But then, for whatever economic or political reason, the entire project
wound up being dismantled without a fare paying passenger ever having
set foot on it.

The electrification of the line from Finsbury Park to Edgware comes
close to that description. I have a vague recollection that a curve in
the vicinity of Kent House was built but never used by a single train.

Bleedin' ELL
 

On 22/04/2010 23:12, wrote:
On 22/04/2010 11:18, Basil Jet wrote:
Looks like today won't happen... is Monday looking good?

I wonder if there have ever been any transport projects, say for rail,
where the whole structure has been built, stations, signals, etc.
Perhaps they even had rolling stock tested and ready to go.

It would have simply been a matter if signing the papers and opening the
gate.

But then, for whatever economic or political reason, the entire project
wound up being dismantled without a fare paying passenger ever having
set foot on it.

I think I've read of a tramway in Norway or Sweden.

Plus lots of freight-only projects....
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Bleedin' ELL
 

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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On 22/04/2010 23:12, wrote:
On 22/04/2010 11:18, Basil Jet wrote:
Looks like today won't happen... is Monday looking good?

I wonder if there have ever been any transport projects, say for rail,
where the whole structure has been built, stations, signals, etc.
Perhaps they even had rolling stock tested and ready to go.

It would have simply been a matter if signing the papers and opening the
gate.

But then, for whatever economic or political reason, the entire project
wound up being dismantled without a fare paying passenger ever having
set foot on it.

The electrification of the line from Finsbury Park to Edgware comes close
to that description. I have a vague recollection that a curve in the
vicinity of Kent House was built but never used by a single train.

The shenanigans surrounding the Kent House spur (which cost £11,000) is
described in complex detail in Adrian Gray's LCDR. In essence it was
designed to force the Crystal Palace & South London Junction Railway into
the arms of the LCDR in 1874, which it did.

MaxB