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Posted by David Fairthorne on Wed Oct 13 17:57:39 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Fytton on Wed Oct 13 05:59:03 2004. The five-year plan covers a lot of ground and, after becoming confused by the differing descriptions, I have tried to summarize it, based on the official description Transport for London five year investment programme - The TfL business plan 2005/6-2009/10.First, about the money. Actually I was wrong. It's not all borrowed. £3 billion is new borrowing, £4 billion is already scheduled PPP and PFI, and £3 billion is Government grants; total £10 billion. Now for the highlights of the plan. "Train, track and signal upgrades will improve Tube reliability and enable an extra 3 million km to be run each year by 2009/10." "Station modernisations and refurbishments are due to take place at 200 stations by 2010." Tube stations to be improved include Wembley Park, Victoria, Covent Garden, Holloway Road, Kings Cross, Vauxhall, North Greenwich, Camden Town, Tottenham Court Road and Bank. East London line extensions to Dalston Junction, West Croydon and Crystal Palace. Heathrow Terminal 5 (Piccadilly line) and Croxley link (Metropolitan line). City Airport (DLR) and Woolwich Arsenal (DLR). DLR Canning Town to Stratford. More and longer trains on the Jubilee line. Longer trains on the Lewisham branch of the DLR. Bus rapid transit (phase 1) for East London and Greenwich Waterfront. Thames Gateway Bridge (construction 2009 - 2012). Road improvements including A40, A206, A406, Blackwall, Rotherhithe and Fore St tunnels and Westminster Bridge. 100% "accessible" bus fleet. Quieter, cleaner, energy saving buses. Quieter underground. Bus stations at Finsbury Park, Hounslow and Dalston; bus garages at Hounslow and North Acton. London Cycle Network. London-wide low emission zone. Seek powers for future plans: W London tram, Croydon tram to Crystal Palace, DLR to Barking Reach, Cross River tram, extension of E London bus transit. So far I have found no mention of air conditioning or air cooling of tube trains, as mentioned in most unofficial reports. |
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