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Posted by Rail Blue on Fri Mar 11 18:03:37 2005, in response to Re: London news, posted by brooklynQB on Fri Mar 11 17:44:53 2005. Is it true that South of the Thames, London is not well served by the Tube?Yes, but they have real railways. You can see the full network in this PDF map. The quality of these lines is rather variable - the South Western is easily the best; the South Eastern has capacity limitations at the London end; and the South Central is a general mess. Are they planning on doing something about that? No. The most necessary extension would be to extend the Victoria Line from Brixton to Streatham Hill, Streatham, and Streatham Common. Of course, this won't happen because the Victoria Line is horrendously packed already. The only serious plan is to run a line from somewhere in Central London to Victoria, Sloane Sq (Circle/District), then diagonally under the King's Road to Parson's Green (District), taking over the line from there to Wimbledon, then adding two tracks and a flyover between Wimbledon and Raynes Park. This would double capacity on the extremely overcrowded SW Main Slow Lines (and interestingly, the time from Epsom to Victoria would be a couple of minutes quicker than the current SC Local to Victoria via Mitcham Junction). This has gotten put off for Crossrail to Paddington, which has very low ridership on its commuter lines. And is there any possiblity of A) express service on the Tube No. and/or B) expansion into the suburbs? Unlikely. I could see Ealing Broadway to Greenford being taken over by the Central Line, but that's just about the limit. Also, is there a map showing Greater London with the tube lines outlined on it? Look at the Central/SW/SE/NE/NW London Bus Maps on the TfL website. They're pretty much the best you can get. They also show all the overground railways. |
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