"Boltar" wrote

Is there a case for freight on the goblin anyway?

Yes. It already has quite a bit, as it's the route from the LTSR (e.g.
Ripple Lane, Dagenham, Tilbury, etc) to anywhere without crossing all four
tracks of the GEML between Forest Gate Junction and Stratford. There will be
a lot more traffic with the develoment of a container port at Thames Haven.
Potentially Channel Tunnel freight could use HS1 (after all, Parliament
insisted on provision of Goods Loops), the Rainham freight connection, and
Goblin - I don't think anyone really wants freight in the London tunnels, or
cluttering up the connections to the NLL in the St Pancras throat.

Peter