Boltar 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.

It does seem a long time, especially considering it was closed for
several years not that long ago. It can't be in that much of a bad state