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Originally Posted by asdf
On Fri, 25 May 2007 11:07:54 +0100, Paul Scott wrote:
In a joined up world they could have had GN services running through to
destinations in the south east (and vice versa obviously) - and probably
more cost effective than joining the GN into Thameslink at St Pancras,
perhaps?
And also completely pointless. The GN connection to Thameslink is not
being built so that people from Stevenage can get to Sevenoaks. The
whole point is for people travelling from GN stations to have through
trains to the central London stations at Farringdon, Blackfriars, etc.
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Whether or not a link looks pointless to you tends to depend on whether you need it. No link will be pointless to everyone. And I can see this one being quite successful as there has been a distinct movement of jobs towards docklands which it connects to via Shadwell. There is also a fair amount of office space near the entrance to the Rotherhythe tunnel and I know people who commute from West Croyden to there (I also know someone who commutes from Daganham to Croydon!
The NLL, which was thought to be pointless and useless is now overcrowded for most of the day. The DLR, described by one writer as a toy train set when it opened, has been successful and is now expanding.
However I am disappointed that we cannot have some sort of orbital service that connect to all the inter-city services. so that someone from say Watford doesn't need to go through London to get to Bristol or South Wales.
Paula