Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
Just noticed on Wikipedia that originally it was hoped to take the
Northern Line beyond Morden and onto what's now the Thameslink loop
to run down to Sutton - see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morden_...ailway_station
How far apart are the lines now and what would, other than line
capacity, carriage size and cost, would prevent such a connection
being made today?

Morden to Morden South station is only about half a mile distant, but more
to the point is the fact that Morden underground depot ends next to the
Sutton end of Morden South Station. The gradient to connect the two can't be
worse than the rest of the line to Sutton. But there are plans (which will
probably never happen) to connect Morden South to Morden Road tramlink
station. Of course the platforms for Tramlink & the Sutton loop at Wimbledon
are next to each other.


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