London Banter - View Single Post - Work to start on DLR from Canning Town to Stratford International

Tom Anderson · January 16th 07, 09:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 wrote:

Methinks that it would be a boon for Hackney, which suffers from a lack
of any tube stations.

Oh god, first we get the ELL, and then the DLR - because of course no
Hackneylander would want to go anywhere west of Whitechapel!

I can imagine the DLR going out to Highbury & Islington, as it would
allow connections to the Victoria Line as well as to the ELL at Dalston
Kingsland. And NLL would terminate at Highbury & Islington.

Hmm. Not so sure about that - that would mean a decrease in capacity from
H&I to Stratford, a change for anyone heading to Stratford (which is
apparently a hip and happening place) from west of H&I, and the loss of
the ability to run trains through from the NLL to the ELL, which is
something some people are rather keen on.

It would be good to have somewhere for the Stratford International branch
to go to the north, though; the development of the Olympic site would be
an ideal time to build it. I can't see anywhere it could go beyond the
site, though, unless you want to chew up yet more marshland, do some
on-street running, or take over the Lea Valley line.

tom

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