On 07/12/2012 17:54, Jamie Thompson wrote:
..swinging back on topic, the Northern Line extension to Battersea
couldn't be more of a pig's ear if they tried, and funding it with a
loan is disgraceful.

How else are you going to fund it?

The capacity of the CX branch should be used to
extend south east, e.g. down to Crystal Palace via Loughborough
Junction, Herne Hill et. al. en route to the Hayes branch. A major
r

IIRC Crystal Palace et al already have a railway service.

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Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

On Dec 7, 5:59*pm, Graeme Wall wrote:
How else are you going to fund it?

From the developers whom will reap the financial benefits perhaps? I'm
not against a loan in the general per se, just against a taxpayer-
subsidised and guaranteed one, especially given the site's history of
financial imploding.

IIRC Crystal Palace et al already have a railway service.
It does indeed, however it operates on a two track railway that has to
be shared with longer-distance suburban services. Compare and contrast
the service provision of Crystal Palace and Hendon Central, both zone
3/4 stations...not to mention that removing the current services from
their respective termini frees up capacity there.

On 07/12/2012 18:54, Jamie Thompson wrote:
On Dec 7, 5:59 pm, Graeme wrote:
How else are you going to fund it?

From the developers whom will reap the financial benefits perhaps? I'm
not against a loan in the general per se, just against a taxpayer-
subsidised and guaranteed one, especially given the site's history of
financial imploding.

So best not to invest in some wastrel scheme to redevelop old docks the
other end of London then? After all the docks business imploded.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

On 07/12/2012 18:54, Jamie Thompson wrote:
On Dec 7, 5:59 pm, Graeme Wall wrote:
How else are you going to fund it?

From the developers whom will reap the financial benefits perhaps? I'm
not against a loan in the general per se, just against a taxpayer-
subsidised and guaranteed one, especially given the site's history of
financial imploding.

The Nine Elms and Battersea developments aren't just about the power
station site, which has been undeveloped through at least two boom and
bust cycles.
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Phil Cook