On 16 May, 16:24, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:04:13 on Sat, 16
May 2009, John Rowland
remarked:
Maybe they wouldn't be allowed to have platforms below water.

Not so. If it weren't for the last-minute addition of the retail
component, the station would have been built with exactly the same
layout, only with water where the retail will be.

Having built on every scrap of land they are now building on the old
docks - so inconsiderate for someone to have dug them in the first
place.

There's no other reason for it being built so much earlier than the
rest of the line. The Canary Wharf Group (or whatever they're called)
must be very keen to get those shops open.

U