"juvenal" wrote in message ...
I sometimes wonder whether I would gain from a Tube line serving me locally.
I live on the Hayes line, which would be a prime candidate for incorporation
into an extended Bakerloo line (for example).

That'd be fantastic! Elephant & Castle, Camberwell, Peckham,
Brockley, Lewisham, Ladywell, Catford Bridge, Lower Sydenham, New
Beckenham, Clock House, Elmers End, Eden Park, West Wickham and Hayes.
Does any freight run on the Hayes line? If it's passengers only, it
surely wouldn't be too hard to come to some sort of arrangement to
hand the line south of Lewisham over to LU. And the cost of the
tunnel from Walworth Road to Lewisham would surely be far cheaper than
the JLE, to deliver similar benefits. I wonder if such a scheme has
ever been considered by LU?

Patrick