Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Crossrail
The Crossrail project could be ready to open from 2015. The red section marks the planned tunnel. Westwards the line goes out to MAIDENHEAD with several intervening stops and there is to be a branch to HEATHROW. In the east, the termini are SHENFIELD and ABBEY WOOD.Cllr.John Beanse (Hale End & Highams Park ward, W.Forest) has been interested in the plans since 1989 and has a copy of one of the early documents which at that time specifically referred to the CHINGFORD line being linked in. He commented: "Now with the planned tunnel through Whitechapel we would actually need the Hall Farm curve in place BEFORE there could be any POSSIBILITY of a direct link! So Waltham Forest is losing out twice over at present. The project will certainly improve public transport through London, but Waltham Forest residents would be even more impressed if they could board a train on the Chingford line and travel directly through the tunnel without needing to change at Liverpool Street!" [Read more by entering Crossrail in the box top left and clicking on SEARCH BLOG]
# posted by John Beanse @ 10:38 AM 
