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Posted by David Fairthorne on Sat Oct 16 01:33:57 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Fytton on Tue Oct 12 11:32:17 2004. neither Crossrail nor Thameslink 2000, ... - in effect the start of London's RER - is there.Being main line rail rather than tube lines, Crossrail and Thameslink 2000 are Network Rail projects that fall outside the jurisdiction of Transport for London. The Mayor has no budgetary power over them, so they are not included in his 10 billion pound ($18 billion) plan. The East London line and Docklands Light Railway extensions are in the Mayor's plan, as are the many tube station improvements, track and signalling improvements. A fair amount is to be spent on road improvements including the Thames Gateway Bridge, and better buses. Crossrail is waiting for a hybrid Parliamentary Bill and Thameslink 2000 is waiting for another public inquiry. My concern over Thameslink 2000 is that the first inquiry only found superficial deficiencies and disregarded potential transport deficiencies. Is it realistic to expect 24 tph to present themselves on time at the tunnel portal, after coming from twelve different southern branches, some as much as 60 or 70 miles away? I don't see that as a good basis for a robust, reliable timetable. No Paris RER line has so many branches. The RER line C has four branches at each end; the others have fewer branches. |
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