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DLR Extension To Stratford International
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:29:36 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:
I'm still wondering how the DLR running this service is an advantage over the old NLL service. Seems to me all its done is spent a huge amount of money and given people a long walk if they wish to continue beyond stratford on the NLL. Its not as if getting to Stratford from the east part of the DLR was hard before. AIUI the _real_ reason for handing the line over to the DLR is that the NLL's tunnels were needed for Crossrail, so the service had to be cut anyway. True, they could've terminated the NLL at West Ham or Canning Town instead, but the new Overground was an unknown quantity, and the old Silverlink NLL wasn't very known or well loved. At the time,bringing in the DLR was thought to be the least worst option, especially since it meant they could put it in with the Stratford International shuttle, and kill two birds with one stone. |
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