tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771178023077256469.post2046486444329358033..comments2022-08-06T15:28:33.476-07:00Comments on Mindroutes: NEW "CITY LINE" PROPOSALScrewbiedooohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08723447570846052134noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771178023077256469.post-51890227245572788682020-03-04T03:51:42.275-08:002020-03-04T03:51:42.275-08:00I really got a idea from this blog post. Thanks fo...I really got a idea from this blog post. Thanks for sharing this great blog with us.<br />keep blogging.<br /><a href="https://www.lcrenovation.co.uk/loft-conversion-in-battersea/" rel="nofollow">House Extension in Battersea</a>lcrenovationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921185562364613060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771178023077256469.post-79433931768139798872017-03-11T10:50:33.720-08:002017-03-11T10:50:33.720-08:00A more significant problem is the escalator to the...A more significant problem is the escalator to the Crossrail platforms at moorgate - which goes straight through what would be the running tunnel for the northern city line, right next to the end of the existing track, so close that a by-pass would be impossible.<br /><br />With regard to Princes Street, though, that's no longer a problem with the bank capacity enhancement project - the southbound northern line is diverted under a building instead, meaning the existing southbound line will no longer be in the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771178023077256469.post-45603247537800234992016-08-16T14:59:34.149-07:002016-08-16T14:59:34.149-07:00As for connection to the Waterloo & City line,...As for connection to the Waterloo & City line, this has been already been explored on three occasions and unfortunately the line terminates at Moorgate because the Northern Line tunnels run beneath princes street. <br /><br />The idea of the line going towards Wandsworth is a good idea and this can be done by extending the Northern Line from Battersea Park.<br /><br />Crossrail 2 has been proposed to go from North East London to South West London and has recently stalled because many people in Chelsea think it would spoil the local community and street scene and cause too much disruption.<br /><br />And finally anyone with ideas of extending the Northern Line north of Edgware and west of Mill Hill Pages Street will be disappointed to know that majority of this land has been built on and Lyndhurst Park,Mill Hill Broadway to Edgware is now a nature reserve, the land from Edgware Way to Bushey Heath is now Green belt land and there is very little in the area surrounding Brockley Hill and Elstree South and thus would not be commercially viable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771178023077256469.post-12644816272965923212016-08-16T12:27:19.055-07:002016-08-16T12:27:19.055-07:00It's not possible to run the Northern City lin...It's not possible to run the Northern City line using the disused stretch of tunnel between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park.<br /><br />In the 1960's the Victoria Line was built and some platform swapping took place, the Northern city line platforms are now used by southbound Victoria line and Piccadilly lines and vice versa.<br /><br />This means those tunnels are now obsolete as the Victoria line and Piccadilly line completely obstructs this part of the tunnel.<br /><br />Extending the Victoria line or Piccadilly Line to Moorgate via the Northern City line would be prohibitively expensive due the arrangement of the tunnels and platforms at Finsbury Park.<br /><br />The Northern Heights section is another problem, majority of it now is classed as a nature reserve and the tunnels at Highgate house bats which cannot be moved by law. So a lot barriers are in the way of this.<br /><br />The line between Highgate woods and Alexandra Palace is also a no go as houses,schools,garden centre and more houses all sit on the site.<br /><br />It will be very expensive and problematic at constructing this now, it should have happened in the 1970's at the latest and now its a missed opportunity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771178023077256469.post-43466732823388738032012-01-02T16:25:49.372-08:002012-01-02T16:25:49.372-08:00My main objection would be that a parallel route t...My main objection would be that a parallel route to the W&C does not seem necessary, whereas the W&C, being a 2 station affair is an underexploited, extant route. This scheme is a notional 'joining the dots' if you will, intended to maximise the utility of existing assets, whilst not overcrowding an already very complex little hub of routes through the City.Screwbiedooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723447570846052134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771178023077256469.post-29834098056341274192011-10-07T13:15:51.855-07:002011-10-07T13:15:51.855-07:00Given the limitations and over crowding of the cur...Given the limitations and over crowding of the current W&C line, would it not be cheaper and make more sense to build a new relief line from Morgate to Waterloo with interconnects at St. Pauls and Blackfriers?<br /><br />To the south this can then take over the slow lines via Wimbledon and Putney. To the north it can use the disused North Heights route from Finsbury Park to Highgate and then take over the Northern Line to High Barnet.<br /><br />The line between Highgate and Finchley Central could be four tracked and a shortened Northern line turned round at Mill Hill East.<br /><br />To raise the money for this the Northern line could then be extended from Mill Hill East into the Totteridge greenbelt and a new suburb could be built there. Buy the land as green belt and then sell it with planning permission and a new rail connection into the City.djbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312540456445825117noreply@blogger.com