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The East London Line is dead... Long live the East London Line
On 22 Dec, 07:34, Mizter T wrote:
sunday)... though it isn't closing for good, it is in fact headed for bigger and better things when reopen in summer 2010, as a quasi- Quote why it needs 3 years to be converted to 3rd rail when the 3rd rail is already there is anyones guess. Usual lazy british contractors who take 2 weeks to change a lightbulb no doubt. The extensions to the line shouldn't effect the bit in the middle so I can't see a good reason to close it. Any materials for the extension that need to be moved by rail could be done at night. National Rail (or heavy-rail) line, with trains operating on 'Metro' frequencies serving a much longer route stretching from Croydon in the It already is heavy rail (A stock is large and heavy) with metro frequencies. If anything the service will be less frequent and far more prone to delays caused by the rest of the south london network. The new ELLX will form part of TfL's new London Overground network (and will be operated by TfL's chosen rail concessionaire, LOROL, rather than London Underground - hence the talk of the line being Probably a sensible decision. LUL would have trouble running a bath without a delay. B2003 |
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