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Posted by Rail Blue on Wed Sep 6 08:24:46 2006, in response to Re: London Overground, posted by Fytton on Wed Sep 6 07:51:08 2006. However, funding for ELL Extension Phase 2 has not been secured, so the Surrey Quays-Clapham Junction part (taking over the existing South London Line) won't be there till after 2010 (if ever).Which is weird seeing as it's the only half-sensible route in south London. In fact, the *only* extra bit of infrastructure not currently financed that Ken is promising today is putting back the junction at Dalston Junction. <pedant>Dalston Western Junction.</pedant> no re-opening of the Primrose Hill link (which would entail a new Primrose Hill/Chalk Farm station). The link is still there (and electrified) - it's just the station's decidedly falling down. Perhaps you're thinking of the Empty Carriage Line (the one which diverged from the Primrose Hill Line as soon as it had diverged from the Main Slow, then descended into a tunnel that curved under the approaches to Euston, then rose to join what is now called Line E just before the (Lower) Park St Tunnel), which has sadly been removed. West Croydon to Richmond via Dalston Junction is a daft route - no-one would go all the way. The real subtext here is that if the ELL has three southern termini (West Croydon, Crystal Palace and New Cross), and in the future perhaps a fourth (Clapham Junction), they need adequate northern terminal capacity, and it isn't clear where that can be found. Aha - they said - Richmond has lots of terminal capacity.... But there's plenty of terminal capacity before Richmond, notably at Willesden Junction. And it would be relatively easy to create terminal capacity at Caledonian Road & Barnsbury (slew over the reversible AC Line, divert the Eastbound DC Line onto the opposite platform face, and install a junction east of the station to use the existing Eastbound DC Line as a pocket) - remember the alignment's four track between Camden Road East Junction and Dalston Western Junction. The place which really has no sensible way of creating terminal capacity (at least, not without totally compromising through trains) is Crystal Palace. |
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