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Post by Guest on Apr 30, 2011 15:37:03 GMT
I read in a Railway mag a while back that there are plans on extending the Northern line...I believe near Kennington or Stockwell. I saw a picture of the planned diagram for the extension and wondered whether anyone else has heard about this or knows about this extension?  |
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Post by reganorak on Apr 30, 2011 16:29:07 GMT
Might this be the Battersea extension |
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Post by Guest on Apr 30, 2011 16:50:37 GMT
Might this be the Battersea extension Yeah, that has jogged my memory, cheers ;D |
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Post by Ben on Apr 30, 2011 17:51:47 GMT
Now that the Saudi's (or was it a different gulf state?) have got involved with the irish company doing the redevelopment, it the project likely to proceed again?
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Post by tubeoperator92 on Apr 30, 2011 18:57:15 GMT
Years ago, there was also a plan to extend the line to Streatham... instead Morden was chosen, but there was also the idea to go to Sutton, but the then Southern Railway was up in arms about its traffic being poached.
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Post by mrjrt on May 1, 2011 12:59:27 GMT
...and I'd also like to highlight the "unusual" bend between South Wimbledon and Morden. I believe the intent there was to have the Morden branch run to Sutton, and the line to continue from South Wimbledon towards the LSWR Hampton Court branch under the Kingston Road. This was likely to have been related to the "express tubes" ideas, with one of the branches running as now, and the other operating as the new "express" services.
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Post by Tubeboy on May 1, 2011 14:07:48 GMT
Wasnt there an idea, rather than a proposal, to go to Cheam and Leatherhead?
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Post by slugabed on May 1, 2011 14:37:30 GMT
Wasnt there an idea, rather than a proposal, to go to Cheam and Leatherhead? What era might this have been? Might this explain the unusual layout of Cheam station,which has always intrigued me? |
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Post by Harry MonkFish on May 1, 2011 15:55:47 GMT
Wasnt there an idea, rather than a proposal, to go to Cheam and Leatherhead? What era might this have been? Might this explain the unusual layout of Cheam station,which has always intrigued me? There used to be fast trains that passed through Cheam and such, believe that they went towards the Arun Valley. Those Middleton books are good for things like this. The depot at Morden is very close to the Wimbledon/Sutton loop line. |
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Post by Ben on May 1, 2011 17:01:19 GMT
North Cheam was a proposal, as was the more detailed route to Sutton, the express lines, the northern heights, an extension to Victoria from Charing X, and a spur Warren Street-Euston-Kings X.
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Post by chrisdoward on May 1, 2011 18:34:53 GMT
What era might this have been? Might this explain the unusual layout of Cheam station,which has always intrigued me? There used to be fast trains that passed through Cheam and such, believe that they went towards the Arun Valley. Those Middleton books are good for things like this. It used to be the London to Bognor Regis/Portsmouth trains that ran from via Sutton and Dorking to Horsham and then the Arun Valley Line until around the late-70's when they were diverted to run via Gatwick. |
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Post by glom on May 9, 2011 17:10:55 GMT
TfL are now beginning a public consultation on this. The route they've chosen doesn't go to Clapham Junction in the present scope, nor does it connect at Vauxhall. It terminates at Battersea via Nine Elms.
Will these two extra stations have something of the JLE about them?
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Post by Ben on May 9, 2011 18:37:45 GMT
What, be an archetects wet dream, or lead to a powerful resurgance in the window-cleaning industry?  |
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Post by cityboy on May 9, 2011 19:05:51 GMT
I personally think it's silly not to have an interchange station at Vauxhall. I am curious if there will be provision for extending the line further to Clapham Junction should the finance become available.
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Post by norbitonflyer on May 9, 2011 21:38:37 GMT
I personally think it's silly not to have an interchange station at Vauxhall. I am curious if there will be provision for extending the line further to Clapham Junction should the finance become available. They say an interchange at CJ would overload the line - Waterloo and Victoria between them have six lines to distribute passengers, (several with significant traffic in both directions).It might be different if Chelney were to go there. However, it looks like the Battersea station might be near enough to QTR and/or Battrersea Park to count as an OSI |
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