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Posted by David Fairthorne on Fri Oct 22 01:17:51 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Max Roberts on Thu Oct 21 12:34:00 2004. ELX planning was taken on by the SRA, who have no metro planning or running experience whatsoever.Mayor Livingstone has been pushing this project, but I don't think he has a good grasp of London's real transport needs. His five-year plan includes the ELL extension but not a major North Circular Road widening that would cost slightly less. The following statement comes from the London Rail department of Transport for London: East London Line Benefits The project benefits can be summarised as follows: A catalyst for £10bn worth of regeneration. Patronage will increase by 300% by 2021. Train frequency to increase by 60% through the central section. Phase one will be delivered by June 2010, in good time to support the Olympic bid. There is an artist's impression of a densely built-up area marked "Dalston Junction". "Regeneration" cannot be a euphemism for slum clearance, which wouldn't need a catalyst. More likely a "catalyst for regeneration" means that the new service would stimulate commercial development in the area. That £10bn worth of regeneration is impressive, considering how little the ELL extension does. It takes you from Dalston Junction to Whitechapel, which is decidedly less useful than the old Broad Street line that took you from Dalston Junction to the City. But the Broad Street line wasn't a catalyst for regeneration, so I don't know why the ELL extension should be. |
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