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Posted by Rail Blue on Tue Sep 12 11:45:39 2006, in response to Re: London Overground, posted by Fytton on Tue Sep 12 11:38:45 2006. Sending the NLL trains to Stratford via Hackney is in my opinion an improvement, providing a genuine additional service to Hackney, and it does provide access to Docklands via the main Docklands hub, Stratford.But arguably, Stratford-Broad St would've been better than Stratford-H&I. Gospel Oak-Barking *did* get screwed but I'd guess it was always a minority traffic flow. The main current problem is lack of a useful western terminus - Gospel Oak station is situated at nowhere. As you say, it used to go to Kentish Town, which would be much better, but the capacity at that station was needed for the Thameslink route. It's not exactly like they're short of tracks at Kentish Town - aren't there three (?four) Slow Lines, two of which are reversible? And even if Kentish Town had been a pain, Moorgate would've worked. I think all us UK subchatters agree with you about the daft ELL extension. There is no proposal to take away the NLL service to Stratford, though. Although that might solve the terminal capacity problem. Run 4tph West Croydon to Richmond, and 4tph New Cross to Stratford, close Dalston Kingsland, and forget about the silly Crystal Palace service. |
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