Angus Bryant wrote:
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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The best solution, as I've said previously, would be to let Crossrail 1
take over the slow lines (NOT the DC lines) on the WCML, with cross
platform interchange at Willesden Junction, and run trains to Wolverton
(Milton Keynes) and possibly Northampton. LU would then take over the DC
lines and run its trains to Euston, and a freight route would be created
from Willesden to the NLL.

If the Felixstowe-Nuneaton gauge enhancement project were completed
properly, then the amount of freight traffic on the NLL could be reduced
significantly. The freight route you mention wouldn't be any different
than before, as it would still have to share the same tracks with the
same services.


I remember one plan postulated when the East-West Rail study was
commissioned a few years ago was to make Goblin the primary cross-London
freight line (with a new junction at Forest Gate and a new tunnel from
Gospel Oak to Primrose Hill)? Its advantages being that it avoids freight
clashing with Crossrail on the GE, and removes any freight activity from the
NLL (and WLL if you route Channel freight via the CTRL at Dagenham). Any
news on that plan?

I remember the plan too but I haven't heard anything since.


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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London