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Posted by Fytton on Thu Oct 14 09:35:24 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Rail Blue on Thu Oct 14 08:34:22 2004. "So people from Thamesmead can catch a bus to Woolwich or Beckton...."Or, of course, to that well-known magnificent white elephant, North Greenwich station (Jubilee Line)! Thamesmead is the new New Addington - the biggest non-rail-connected residential area in London. Like New Addington, it is a downmarket district of largely public housing on the edge of London (Far Rockaway, anyone?). Like Beckton (which at least has the DLR), it is one of the few places in London where people on ordinary incomes just might be able to afford to buy a home. Thamesmead is also the location of the notorious Belmarsh Prison, where the UK incarcerates its own Al-Qaida suspects; the convicts have little need of rapid transit, however. (8-) |
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