amigacooke
Well-known member
I can't really see your point Paul, you seem to be determined to be annoyed even to the point of dismissing infrastructure projects because they don't suit your argument. Croydon, has the captal's only tram system, works well and runs in part along the course of former lines stretching out to Wimbledon, New Addington, Elmer's End etc.South East London? The Jubilee Line extension dips into southern riverbank, DLR doesn't even really count and, as you say it's 'crept' south of the river and the ELL goes off to the west beyond New Cross to connect to Clapham Junc. Meanwhile, there's a whole city out there in Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley, plus the outer boroughs of Croydon and Bromley - we're talking about a couple of million people without a decent tube line between them!
Now, to add insult to injury, there's a proposal for a new Crossrail - the first connected Buckinghamshire to the City, Crossrail II will connect Surrey to the City (south-west to north-east). You couldn't make it up!
Paul
Not sure why the DLR doesn't count, perhaps you could suggest a reason. London Bridge is being rebuilt to allow a higher volume of trains to pass through,
Thameslink has created a new station over the Thames at Blackfriers, the only one in London to have an entrance both north and south of the Thames.
There has been a massive programme to install lifts into stations to allow better accessibility. Sure vast swathes of London have no tube lines, but they have an extensive overground system to carry passengers into London.
Travelling into London is a journey I make most weekdays, and the modern stock is a vast improvement over the old slam door trains that I use to travel in.
Sure, it could be inproved, but as we know, there are some that think London gets too big a cut of the pie already.