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Posted by David Fairthorne on Tue Mar 15 15:23:07 2005, in response to Re: London news, posted by Rail Blue on Tue Mar 15 04:57:23 2005. The western part would be very easy. You make Wimbledon (District) station through, and put in a flyover immediately SW of the station. That can take over the Sutton/Epsom/Chessington Lines, leaving enough capacity on the Main Slow for everything else.Then you build the proposed Chelney alignment under the King's Road from Parson's Green to Victoria (intermediate stops at Chelsea West, Chelsea, Sloane Sq). Continue it under the parks to Charing X, then under the Strand (Aldwych), Fleet St (Ludgate Circus), Ludgate Hill, St Paul's Chyd, Cannon St (Cannon St - Monument), Gracechurch St, Fenchurch St (Fenchurch St - Aldgate), Aldgate, Aldgate High St, Whitechapel High St, Commercial Rd, West India Dock Rd, then some alignment through the Isle of Dogs (Canary Wharf), then via either Deptford or Greenwich to an underground station at Lewisham, with ramps up South of the station to the SE Main Slow and Mid Kent Lines. I certainly agree with your end points (Raynes Park and Lewisham), and I like your choice of outer branches, but I'm not so sure about your tunnel alignment because I think it follows the District line too closely and doesn't serve the West End very well. Also I would prefer fewer stations, to reduce construction costs (and travel times). Using the Wimbledon branch of the District line could reduce the tunnel length, but I am not sure what would become of the remainder of that branch; and I don't think the new line should share tracks with the District line. Between Raynes Park and Lewisham I suggest stopping only at Wimbledon, Clapham Junction, Victoria, Piccadilly Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street/Moorgate and Canary Wharf. That gives you the needed capacity to some of the busiest places, and everywhere else can be reached by other means. |
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