"Aidan Stanger" wrote in message
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I couldn't disagree more. Firstly, although
Stratford's links with much of Central London
are good, there is no direct line to Kings Cross.

CTRL.

Secondly, Hackney's links with Stratford are currently
inadequate - the trains are infrequent, short and overcrowded.

Oh come on. Are you seriously suggesting that the solution to that is to
build a tube line which duplicates an existing overground line? The cheapest
way to solve that problem is to lengthen the platforms and/or increase
frequency. Alternatively, build a line on a nearby unserved route - that
will significantly shorten journey times on that corridor, while demand on
this one will be reduced but not decimated.

The problem with using the NLL route between Highbury
and Stratford is that it would be difficult to replicate it in
a tunnel thanks to the CTRL, and sharing tracks with
the NLL itself would be a performance liability

I have been told (not by a reliable source) that most or all of the
alignment is wide enough for 4 tracks. The only reason the CTRL was
underground was the extreme noise of fast trains.

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