On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 10:43:12 +0100
"tim....." wrote:
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:12:26 +0200
Robin9 wrote:
Overground system, which now of course serves Denmark Hill, has two main

weaknesses: the platforms are too short and there are not nearly enough

interchange stations.

I wouldn't hold your breath. This is the same overground that happily
bypasses the piccadilly and both branches of the northern line london
without
an interchange making it essentially useless as an outer circle line for
most
of north london unless you fancy a nice hike between stations.

What is it that you expect them to do?

Nothing - as you say it would cost a fortune. The point I was making is that
the overground isn't the connect all outer circle line that TfL like to
pretend it is. But even when they could have done something very useful like
terminating the ELL at finsbury park so people could interchange directly
from the ECML and great northern lines they didn't bother, citing costs
and rubbish about pathing difficulties. Meanwhile they spend hundreds of
millions on new buses no one asked for and trains on the victoria line that
won't fit anywhere else so can't be cascaded and have to be brought in by
road costing a small fortune.

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Spud