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DLR City Airport extension
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:
Stephen Osborn wrote: What struck me as even more odd was that, this lack of forethought having already (5years) caused a problem, the new South Quay was only going to be long enough to cater for three car trains. Four-car trains were considered as part of the planning process but were rejected at this stage as the infrastructure works would be prohibitively disruptive. A light railway just isn't designed for the sort of passenger numbers the DLR is now expected to deal with, and I think these 3-car works are designed to plug the gap; This is the thing that really gets my goat about the DLR - complete and utter lack of any foresight. Yes, at the time it was built, the area didn't have a lot of traffic, and a light railway with two-car trains was quite adequate. However, it was obvious that this wasn't going to be the case forever, or even for very long. That this error is now being repeated is utterly incomprehensible. Implementing three-car trains is a struggle, four-car is going to be a nightmare, and the inevitable eventual conversion (in places, reversion!) to heavy rail is going to be apocalyptic. Mumble typical Thatcherite short-termism mumble. Or perhaps it was actually a sensible decision in the context of that government's plans to depopulate the metropolis. tom -- Don't trust the laws of men. Trust the laws of mathematics. |
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