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Posted by Fytton on Wed Sep 6 05:21:17 2006, in response to London Overground, posted by David of Broadway on Wed Sep 6 00:40:45 2006. You beat me to it, David - curse these time-zone changes! And then Subchat went down to delay my response still more.The most striking part of the press release to me was this bit: "The Mayor signalled his commitment to deliver a rail link at Dalston Junction to connect the North and East London Railways by 2010, ahead of the London 2012 Olympics. This will allow 'London Overground' passengers to travel between Richmond and West Croydon via Dalston Junction and is the first step towards an orbital rail link for London. The Mayor continued: 'By joining together the North and East London Railways ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, we will create a new rail artery around the city, serving 20 London boroughs." Clearly, then, this really does indicate that Mayor Ken's dream is really the Outer Circle. But not quite the Clapham Junction to Claphham Junction Outer Circle that seemed likely at first. We had wondered where the ELL trains would terminate at their northern end. Now we know: Richmond! Which does raise the question - if ELL trains are using a fair chunk of the capacity of the NLL, where are the trains from Stratford going to go? Our observation the other week on the NLL was that a lot of passengers got on at the Hackney stations and alighted at Highbury & Islington, presumably for Victoria Line trains to the West End. As the main tubeless area of inner London, Hackney really needs better frequency on the Overground than the current four tph on the NLL. I'm thinking a Stratford-Watford Junction service via Highbury & I., Camden Road, Primrose Hill (reopened and resited close to Chalk Farm tube station), Queens Park, Willesden Jct LL, Harrow & Wealdstone and the DC lines to Watford Jct. |
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