Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
nothing yet BarryB
North London Line - intimidating?
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BassJunkie
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates.
lol at the chap suggesting it would improve things to lift the tracks and turn it into a road.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
nothing yet BarryB
*coughs*
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The Hackney Downs - Hackney Central Link - London Reconnections
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
i thought you'd be the first to point it out
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Gratitude to Roger Blake of Hackney Transport Planning Department.
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
That's a nice bit of footage.The office blocks and tall ugly buildings would spoil the views on the route now.
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Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
This is an interesting thread to read and shows how much of an improvement can be made in a small time with investment and the right political will.
In less then a decade this bit of infrastructure has gone from sketchy, unreliable, cramped and slow to an essential part of the network. Good bloody work TfL.
Wow. Even though I haven't heard it for many many years a shudder went down my spine as I read this.
In less then a decade this bit of infrastructure has gone from sketchy, unreliable, cramped and slow to an essential part of the network. Good bloody work TfL.
Wow. Even though I haven't heard it for many many years a shudder went down my spine as I read this.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
yeh cos it was never previously an essential part of the network for people living in e.g. homerton or caledonian road
yeh cos it was never previously an essential part of the network for people living in e.g. homerton or caledonian road
Well I actually lived on Caledonian Road in 2006 and had work and family along the North London Line so wind those rolley eyes back.
Even though the line was ideally located, I still often took 2 buses instead if there was a delay or cancellation or I missed a train or I didn't fancy being so squashed or in the spirit of this thread if I didn't fancy hanging about on a poorly lit, isolated and empty platform. Waiting on a Silverlink train at Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station at night was about as grim as public transport can be.
The point I was making anyway was that of it's integration into the wider network - even though I don't live on the line any more I use it all the time as it's great for filling gaps in a journey and you need a train line to be clean, safe, reliable and most importantly regular. If you've got an average 5 minutes wait for a train it changes the dynamics of how the line fits into the rest of the network and routes open up which wouldn't make sense if there is a risk of a 15 minute wait.
The huge increase in passenger numbers is evidence that it's become a much more essential part of the London travel network. As someone actually did live on Caledonian Road and use the line to commute back then I see no need for rolling your eyes.
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