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Re: West London Line & West Coast Main Line (Was: Cockfosters) |
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Posted by Max Roberts on Mon Jan 15 05:53:23 2007, in response to Re: West London Line & West Coast Main Line (Was: Cockfosters), posted by Rail Blue on Sat Jan 13 14:40:07 2007. There is a very tempting line of thought which says "railway not working, convert it into LRT". I am very suspicious of this. The reason why Croydon Tramlink works is that it took railrays in densely populated areas, that did not offer particularly convenient links to London, and sent them to somwhere that people would want to go instead.Tattenham Corner branch does not have the housing density, so would it succeed as LRT? Probably not, and on-street running would make it subject to local traffic. Inner suburban via Selhurst and Norwood Junction need somewhere to turn round, is it being proposed to send them all to West Croydon? If not, (and assuming that East Croydon cannot cope with large numbers of terminating trains) then trains need somewhere to turn round after visiting South Croydon to Purley, and Smitham and Caterham at least take them out of the way. |
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