"Recliner" wrote in message
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"Mr Thant" wrote in message

On 6 Apr, 12:33, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:
But why is it so expensive?

It requires a tall 500m viaduct which has to cross various obstacles,
rebuilding another mile and a half of track and building two new tube
stations, which go for £10-20m each.

Presumably they're so cheap only because they're *not* tube stations? Real
"tube" (ie, deep-level underground) stations would, I have thought, cost
rather more than £20m each. I assume these new Met stations will be
fairly cheap and cheerful suburban stations, not much fancier than on the
DLR. Of course, they will have to have lifts, level platforms, etc, to
comply with modern statndards.

Perhaps if the link is ever built, LU could utilise NR's wonderful new
modular stations? Like at Greenhithe or Mitcham Eastfields, but probably
shorter and therefore less expensive.

Of course it's equally likely that the 'not invented by us' principle will
apply...

Paul S