On Sun, 16 Dec 2007, John Rowland wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

Going back to something you said - I had never considered the
possibility of a line north from Dalston Jn towards Stoke Newington,
meeting the Great Eastern line there.

The Forest Line proposal was to extend the W&C to Broad St - Dalston
Junction - Dalston East Junction - Hackney Wick - Clapton - Chingford.
It never got off page one of the study which produced it (1960s or so).

Interesting. Presumably, the portal was to have been south of Dalston?

Are you sure about Dalston - Hackney Wick - Clapton - Chingford? Do you
mean Downs rather than Wick? Or perhaps by Clapton you're referring to Lea
Bridge station? The former would involve a curve at Hackney Downs that
doesn't exist now and seems like it would be a bit awkward; the latter
would be a rather circuitous route for Chingfordites.

tom

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