On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Mizter T wrote:

Even then I still think that converting the Hayes branch to DLR is a
pretty unworkable idea. Maybe I'm just not imaginative enough.

Okay, let's get imaginative. What if you piggybacked DLR trains on heavy
rail well wagons? Run them at high speed along the Hayes branch, using the
existing stations, and then automatically unload at Lewisham for transfer
to the DLR. Interleave normal trains to London Bridge as now. Solved!

Apart from the fact that a DLR train is 28 metres long and 2.65 metres
wide, which is longer and wider than any normal train, and 3.47 metres
tall, which means that by the time it's piggybacked, it's going to be
about W12 height. Apart from that, it's a great idea, obviously.

tom

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