On 20 Jan, 20:12, Mr Thant
wrote:
Mwmbwls wrote:
The 1974 London Rail Study
believed the cost benefit case to be weak and so Camberwell like
sleeping beauty nodded off until most recently in 2006

Tim O'Toole mentioned it in a Time Out interview last year:
http://londonconnections.blogspot.co...line-extenstio...

Pure rumour says the plan involves the Hayes branch.

U



I'm not so sure that the travellers on the Hayes branch would really
want it - they already have a 4tph service, two of those being fast
from Ladywell to London Bridge (which is an advantage for those who
wish to get into town quicker, though a disadvantage for those who
want Lewisham either in its own right or for connections including the
DLR to the Docklands).

Would the Bakerloo service intermingle with other services? The
Bakerloo would presumably have to intermingle with freight trains on
the line from Peckham Rye to Lewisham, which could present safety and
reliability issues (though many of the freights do run late or at
night). Even if there was a new separated route constructed through
Lewisham for the Bakerloo to reach the Hayes branch, it would still
have to share tracks with other services from Peckham Rye (if that is
indeed where it surfaced) to the junction just past Nunhead.

I'm just not quire sure how it would all work in practice - and it
certainly seems like there'd be many potential pitfalls in taking the
Bakerloo all the way put to Hayes.

Don't get me wrong - I'm very much in favour of extending the
Bakerloo, I just wonder if this Hayes talk is merely people grasping
for a wider plan which would justify its extension. I think it'd be a
great success even if it was just extended to Camberwell, with an
intermediate station on the Walworth Road - and could even go further
south to East Dulwich (not just the station but into the heart of the
neighbourhood), or east to Peckham. The line's central/southern
section has the spare capacity, and has the unfulfilled potential.