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tim... · August 6th 20, 09:13 AM posted to uk.transport.london

"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 05/08/2020 11:44, tim... wrote:

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On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:48:58 +0100
Recliner wrote:
On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 07:49:13 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 17:26:36 +0100
Basil Jet wrote:
On 03/08/2020 16:00, wrote:

Quite possibly, however that doesn't change the fact that the DLR is
the
tubes poor relation and adding yet another branch to it would be a
disaster.

I don't see how you can say that. There are parts of the tube where
an
extra branch would be great, there are parts where it would not. The
same is true of the DLR. It's just a network of lines, like the tube.

Well I suppose it depends where it connects, but if the trains run to
Bank
which they'll need to to be any use it'll clog up an already clogged
up route
(covid notwithstanding).

Why would future Thamesmead commuters take the DLR all the way to
Bank, even if there were direct trains?

City workers. If the DLR went out that way it would become a commuter
hotspot
to central london and canary wharf.

only if you want to live in one of London's most deprived areas

not something the average city worker aspires to

Not heard of gentrification?

of course

But it's going to take decades to manage that at Thamesmead

And I think London's run out of places to move the undesirable tenants to