I’ve plotted some improvements to the London Underground by 2040
1. Crossrail 2.5 – Taking the Overground lines into Euston and tunnelling through to Fenchurch Street, linking Watford to Southend with Crossrail style services. This should enable massive development in the Thames estuary.
2. London Orbital – A new tunnel from Peckham to West Ham, and then on to Stratford to create a high capacity orbital route, Clapham junction to Clapham junction, reusing much of the existing overground infrastructure. This will release capacity on the central London tube lines.
3. Goblin line+. New tracks for Thameslink through Hampstead will allow the Goblin line to through run onto the new west London orbital. Added bonus of removing freight from the north London line to make the London Orbital (2) higher capacity.
4. London bridge metro. The new tunnel at Peckham (2) clears a route from Sutton and Wimbledon for a high frequency metro service.
5. Blackfriars metro. (4) will create capacity for another metro over the under used 3rd and 4th track into Blackfriars station.
6. Metropolitan line extension. New tunnels to Brockley, where the 1. Metropolitan take over the south-eastern tracks, with a new spur to the Greenwich peninsular.
7. Northern line split by building high capacity cross platform transfers at Camden station. Northern line also extended to Clapham junction.
8. Bakerloo line extension as planned, all the way to Hayes
Why no Crossrail 2?
What do all the stars mean?
Are there going to be two Neasden stations? One on the Jubilee and one on the Goblin line.
Made of concrete and steel, both deteriorate over time, if not kept up on. Worried, someone won’t do their job properly, not enough money given for maintaining and have a major collapse . It’ll happen eventually,
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I’ve plotted some improvements to the London Underground by 2040
1. Crossrail 2.5 – Taking the Overground lines into Euston and tunnelling through to Fenchurch Street, linking Watford to Southend with Crossrail style services. This should enable massive development in the Thames estuary.
2. London Orbital – A new tunnel from Peckham to West Ham, and then on to Stratford to create a high capacity orbital route, Clapham junction to Clapham junction, reusing much of the existing overground infrastructure. This will release capacity on the central London tube lines.
3. Goblin line+. New tracks for Thameslink through Hampstead will allow the Goblin line to through run onto the new west London orbital. Added bonus of removing freight from the north London line to make the London Orbital (2) higher capacity.
4. London bridge metro. The new tunnel at Peckham (2) clears a route from Sutton and Wimbledon for a high frequency metro service.
5. Blackfriars metro. (4) will create capacity for another metro over the under used 3rd and 4th track into Blackfriars station.
6. Metropolitan line extension. New tunnels to Brockley, where the 1. Metropolitan take over the south-eastern tracks, with a new spur to the Greenwich peninsular.
7. Northern line split by building high capacity cross platform transfers at Camden station. Northern line also extended to Clapham junction.
8. Bakerloo line extension as planned, all the way to Hayes
Why no Crossrail 2?
What do all the stars mean?
Are there going to be two Neasden stations? One on the Jubilee and one on the Goblin line.
Made of concrete and steel, both deteriorate over time, if not kept up on. Worried, someone won’t do their job properly, not enough money given for maintaining and have a major collapse . It’ll happen eventually,
Poor sw London still not getting any love.
you’d get rid of the emerson park line? smh