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Posted by Rail Blue on Sat Sep 9 19:23:05 2006, in response to Re: London Overground, posted by Fytton on Fri Sep 8 09:36:10 2006. I don't agree. The Wimbledon-Sutton line is a failure, for all sorts of historical reasons which have been gone into before. If is were converted into an LRT service, one could use the maximum amount of the existing private RoW (which is its real asset) with a minimum of on-street running (a) in Morden to connect with the Northern Line and (b) in the St Helier area so that it served that area more comprehensively, it might get a decent level of patronage given the better frequency that LRT operation implies.The problem with the Wimbledon-Sutton Line is it is in a poor location for local journeys (particularly through Morden and the St Helier estate). Parallel bus routes will always be better in that respect. What it would work well as is a line to central London - it just needs plugging into a main line (SW or District) at the Wimbledon end. The Tooting Line is the reverse situation - it cannot ever be a sensible radial line, but it could provide a sensible local link if it had decent service and enough stations. |
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