Boltar wrote:
DLR itself. If we had waited for a tube line or heavy rail options then
nothing new would be being built to City Airport or Woolwich and we


I'll wager that within a decade city airport will have grown to the
point
where a branch line from the jubilee line is required. They should have
done that at the start , in fact IMO the jubilee line should have
terminated at the airport just like the picc does at heathrow instead
of stratford which was already well served anyway and didn't need
a tube service that just duplicated the DLR. Anyone suggesting the
piccadilly line should terminate at hounslow and a light rail line run
to heathrow would be considered mad , yet for some reason this
seems setup seems to be seen to be ok for city airport. British
short sightedness at its most stunningly thickwitted I would say.

Even if City Airport grew significantly enough to warrant services
beyond the DLR, a Crossrail station could be constructed at Silvertown
relatively easily. I don't think those levels of growth are likely
anytime soon though.


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