tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post3969319341666581980..comments2023-04-02T03:28:11.593+01:00Comments on London Connections: DLR to Shoreditch and FarringdonMr Thanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380941017046817239noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post-27207409243522849652010-02-10T23:24:36.966+00:002010-02-10T23:24:36.966+00:00The deadends are also just above the Northern line...The deadends are also just above the Northern line so the overrun DLR tunnels would need to go out, around and up then back in above the Northern line to connect to the deadends. This would get in the way of the crossrail tunnels.<br /><br />See here:<br />http://www.crossrail.co.uk/library#asset/4963<br /><br />The tunnels could be taken up into the disused Thameslink track (a further climb but the DLR can handle steep angles) without doing so.<br /><br />The dead ends at Moorgate would be better extended 1km to Cannon St - creating a second Thameslink with greater increased capcity at far less than the £5B being spent on Thameslink and making the Moorgate to Finsbury Park a useful route for the weekend. (They might have to redesign the Crossrail stairwells at Moorgate though!)Andrew Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938498951651948409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post-26333487824384730282008-02-28T21:23:00.000+00:002008-02-28T21:23:00.000+00:00Would this also not be a good opportunity to remov...Would this also not be a good opportunity to remove the dead ends at Moorgate as well as the DLR is now almost there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post-54008727075460199032008-02-21T11:22:00.000+00:002008-02-21T11:22:00.000+00:00The overrun tunnel (headshunt) heads NW towards Mo...The overrun tunnel (headshunt) heads NW towards Moorgate, not NE towards Liverpool St.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post-89298940299701562242008-02-12T17:49:00.000+00:002008-02-12T17:49:00.000+00:00The Bank/Charing Cross proposal amuses me since th...The Bank/Charing Cross proposal amuses me since that's basically the original Jubilee (Fleet) line plan.<BR/><BR/>Wonder if it could reuse the Aldwych-Charing Cross Jubilee line tunnels?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post-28957515841344353892008-02-12T14:32:00.000+00:002008-02-12T14:32:00.000+00:00Interesting to see that the idea of re-using the F...Interesting to see that the idea of re-using the Farrington-Moorgate 'soon-to-close' route for the DLR is floating around, as I had been hoping since Thameslink 2000 was first annonced that someone would have the money and motivation to pursue such a project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post-34565674684561203562008-02-11T10:47:00.000+00:002008-02-11T10:47:00.000+00:00I made a Freedom of Information request for the DL...I made a Freedom of Information request for the DLR's 2020 Horizon study last summer. It was rejected as they said it was going to be published in October 2007. I wonder why we've not heard anything?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351343507770814926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658085720825863941.post-83285456966649442312008-02-10T10:36:00.000+00:002008-02-10T10:36:00.000+00:00I've never really understood the point of the Bank...I've never really understood the point of the Bank/Charing Cross option as that part of the circle line is not overly congested, so the capacity increase while nice, is not essential.<BR/><BR/>Also, people coming into Charing Cross and wanting the DLR would almost certainly have come in via London Bridge or Waterloo, and can get the DLR from Bank.<BR/><BR/>I think the link up to Farringdon is wise as it increases capacity in an area where it is necessary.<BR/><BR/>If something could be done about Moorbank, I think that would be ideal.<BR/><BR/>The station is busy and a lot of people get on the southbound Northern line there, but a lot of people then get off one stop later at Bank. Enabling them to get off at Moorbank frees up a lot of space on the trains at the very point when lots of people want to get on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com