Information AboutOrbirail |
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| rail transport in london | |
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STATUS Orbirail has no official status as a planned project. However, Transport For London 's existing plans for the new North London Railway (consisting of the ''North London Line'', ''West London Line'' and ''Gospel Oak to Barking Line'') and the extended ''East London Line'' (Phase 1) would allow for routes most of the way around London with only the southern section remaining to be connected to allow a full orbital route. The proposed Phase 2 to the ''East London Line'' extension project would link the East London Line to the South London line and complete the loop. ROUTE The most likely route (although not the only one possible) would run clockwise as follows:
This route is almost entirely within ''Zone 2''. PROSPECTS ''Orbirail'''s proponents believe that it would be a relatively low cost project, involving only a small amount of new track, some improvement to existing lines and an increase in train frequency. In return, the route would allow many people to make journeys without passing through ''Zone 1'', thus relieving congestion on central London's railways. Despite this, there are complications which could prevent these lines running as single fully orbital route.
An alternative to a single fully orbital route would be two or more semi-orbital routes which join to entirely encircle London. ''TfL'''s current plans seem to point in this direction. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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