Post by theangel on Feb 5, 2020 22:44:13 GMT
I remember reading in a book once a very casual reference to an extension of the Northern City Line from Moorgate to Plumstead that didn't happen. No more detail was given and I haven't read anything about it since. Most unbuilt tube lines can be visualised to an extent but it's a long way from Moorgate to Plumstead and I'm not sure what route it would have taken. Maybe underground to London Bridge and over existing tracks to Plumstead?
Does anyone know anything about this extension? I'm fairly sure it was still a tube line at the time.
Would it have been difficult to extend this line further south or was it more that the proposals weren't realistic? The proposed extension from Moorgate to Fenchurch Street and New Cross Gate and onto what is now the East London Line extension looks the most useful but I would guess the route that was eventually chosen was much cheaper as it mostly used existing current and former lines (as well as fitting in with the obsession with an orbital rail line).
Does anyone know anything about this extension? I'm fairly sure it was still a tube line at the time.
Would it have been difficult to extend this line further south or was it more that the proposals weren't realistic? The proposed extension from Moorgate to Fenchurch Street and New Cross Gate and onto what is now the East London Line extension looks the most useful but I would guess the route that was eventually chosen was much cheaper as it mostly used existing current and former lines (as well as fitting in with the obsession with an orbital rail line).
