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Re: London news

Posted by Rail Blue on Mon Mar 14 18:25:48 2005, in response to Re: London news, posted by David Fairthorne on Mon Mar 14 13:58:38 2005.

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The downsized Crossrail is terribly expensive for what it is, and they still haven't figured out who will pay for it.

It doesn't even go to the right places. The real capacity bottlenecks are at Lewisham and Raynes Park.

South: An underground extension into south central London, starting in the direction of Streatham.

Agreed.

Southeast: Construction of the missing platform 7 at London Bridge (replacing platform 8), allowing all trains to stop there.

And 4-tracking through Borough Market Junction.

Southwest: Platform extensions on the suburban lines from Waterloo, allowing 10 or 12 car trains to run.

Not sensible. There is no practicable way of lengthening platforms 1-4 at Waterloo. Besides, the frequencies suck on the branches - there need to be more trains, not longer ones.

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