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On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:57:20 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
http://www.londonreconnections.com/2...ecarious-statu
-croxley-rail-link/

In summary, with work having barely started, there's yet another cost
over-run, which nobody is volunteering to fund. Taylor Woodrow has been
dropped as the main contractor, and no replacement has been appointed.

But the bigger question that always gets raised here, is how an earth such
a small, simple project can cost close to £300m.

The whole point of the project eludes me frankly. It won't be used as a
route into central london - people will just get the quicker overground to
euston instead. There may be some demand for commuter traffic from watford to
various western points on the met but nowhere near enough to justify the cost.
If the point is simply to have a tube line at watford junction then surely
re-extending the bakerloo would be far quicker and cheaper.

I think the local interest is more about serving the two new stations,
connecting them both to the Junction and LU. There will also be some
traffic from Met stations to the Junction. As for traffic from the Junction
to Euston, surely the much faster LM services are far more popular than the
slow, stopping LO?