On 27 Nov, 10:22, Mwmbwls wrote:
On Nov 27, 8:32 am, Mr Thant
wrote:

Yes. I've just dug up the planning application:http://tinyurl.com/2l2er3

It shows 4 platforms - two islands with through lines on the outside,
two bays on the inside (like Willesden Junction low level). It also
shows the large scale bus interchange, shopping centre and mid-rise
residential development their building above.

(the "Other" link goes to a detailed planning brief, though the
"Drawing" document has more and better quality diagrams)

Thanks for that - use of air rights, Hong Kong style, to develop the
area above the station will I suppose help to pay for the extension
and interchange and kick start regeneration. Pity it is just square
box architecture but you can't have everything. Are there any signs of
movement on the ground - I assume the viaduct restoration is
continuing to progress?. Are the new bridges replacing those were
removed in place yet? As yet the route has not attracted significant
photographic interest apart from the superb panoramic shot in the
November 2007 edition of Modern Railways.


The new bridges are all in place north of the Kingsland Road bridge,
which has itself been extensively renovated. The new bridges includes
a new bow string arch bridge over the Regent's Canal:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albedo/281827650/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markle1/288550361/

The bridge taking the line over Shoreditch High Street from the
Bishopsgate goods yard site on the east to join the old alignment out
of Broad Street on the west side hasn't been put in place yet. There
is however much preparatory work going on on the west side, with part
of the viaduct being knocked down so as to receive the line from the
bridge. There's also loads of work going on on the Bishopsgate goods
yard site, the future location of Shoreditch High Street station.

Work at Dalston Junction has also been continuing apace, but it's
pretty hidden behind hoardings - you need the elevation of the top
deck of a bus or standing on a bicycle to get a look at what's
happening. There's no sign of the flats going up above Dalston
Junction station yet, apart from on the hoardings - not everyone is
pleased (and I can't say the flats look architecturally stunning from
this either):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tims/456357853/

The route might not have attracted significant photographic interest
from railway enthusiasts, but I'm sure that a good few of the creative
types that inhabit Shoreditch and the surrounds will have been
photographically recording the changes to the neighbourhood.