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August 10th 07, 05:50 PM
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Extend the ELL to Alexandra Palace?
"Bob" wrote in message oups.com... A suggestion from Jim Blake elow. Is it feasible? http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/cam...2%3A52%3A78 0 Abandoned railway plan could be revived for Parkland Walk 09 August 2007 I WAS interested to read Ernie Nice's letter relating to the former railway line between Alexandra Palace, Highgate and Finsbury Park. It is indeed ridiculous that no-one in authority has taken seriously proposals to revive this line in an effort to alleviate the appalling traffic congestion - and poor public transport availability - in such places as Muswell Hill and Crouch End. snip description of Northern Heights branches etc The article seems to gloss over the difficulty of getting from the ELL to Finsbury Park, which currently requires a flat crossing of the NLL, to the single track Canonbury tunnel to Drayton Park, which then gets you to the congestion that is Finsbury Park. IIRC it has been researched to death in the past by TfL, Network Rail and their predecessors, and the junction requirements found to be impracticable and not cost effective... In the thread 'Single track line next to Drayton Park station', 26 July 2007, 'Mr Thant' also explains how difficult the connection at the south of the tunnel would be... Paul |
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