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Posted by David Fairthorne on Mon Sep 11 00:53:33 2006, in response to Re: London Overground, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Sep 9 21:05:53 2006. I haven't heard anyone proposing extensions to either Bakerloo or Victoria. Might either figure into all of this?That has debated on Subchat before, and some of us like the idea. Another underground line that could be extended to the south is the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line. But of course extending the tube would be far more expensive than what we are discussing now, which is merely trying to provide better services on the existing Southern suburban lines. The Southern suburban services are poor relations of the Southern main line which goes to Brighton and other seaside resorts, which attracts more passengers (including commuters), runs longer and faster trains, and brings in more revenue. One problem with the Southern is that there are two main terminals (Victoria and London Bridge), which means more routes and hence less frequent services. To complicate matters more, there is the north-south route known as Thameslink. One of the official plans, formerly called "Thameslink 2000", would upgrade the existing Thameslink tunnel and the through (non-terminal) part of London Bridge station, which is one of the worst bottlenecks on the British rail network. There was a second Thameslink 2000 inquiry in 2005 but I haven't seen the conclusions yet. That would also be very expensive. |
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