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May 2016 at London’s Canary Wharf and representatives from BML2 present their
Thameslink 2 Project which will advance the future of the new ‘Centre of the Capital’
Recognition of the widespread strategic importance and massive potential with BML2’s London Phase has been expressed in ‘MyLondon’.
Launched 12 years ago, BML2 was devised to answer numerous problems south of the Thames on the increasingly overcrowded and congested Brighton and Tonbridge main lines feeding into the capital. Separated into three phases – Sussex, Kent and London – the initial proposal for the latter was to reinstate services on the redundant railway from Selsdon near South Croydon, through to Lewisham, closed in the 1980s/90s under British Rail.
And now, in a newly-published article for MyLondon, based at Canary Wharf, Transport Correspondent Callum Marius rightfully extols the virtues of BML2’s Thameslink 2 and says - 'Forget more London Underground stations, what South London really needs is Thameslink 2 linking Croydon, Lewisham, Canary Wharf and Stratford'.
To read the full article go to "The News" section
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Contrary to the announcement published in April’s Modern Railways – ‘Uckfield third rail is NR priority’ – upon which our recent website story was based in all good faith – Network Rail has been in touch to say – “unfortunately it’s not true.”
It appears that the journal was at the recent function at Eridge station in conversation with Southern Region’s MD John Halsall whereupon someone got their wires crossed because Network Rail tells us they are“not going to press ahead with electrifying the Uckfield line and we have no funding to do so.” Quite apart from not having “the many millions to do the job”, the Government hasn’t approved it. Despite the disappointment this will cause, we were reassured to be told: “we still have an aspiration to electrify the route and our preference would be using the third rail.”
To read the full updated article go to "The News" section or the BML2 Wealden Line website
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Now’s the time to ‘Mend the Gap’ – and get back on track!
Network Rail is to press ahead with electrifying the Wealden Line as a top priority according to an important announcement by the Southern Region’s Managing Director, John Halsall.
Commencing at Hurst Green Junction (Oxted) in Surrey and passing through West Kent before terminating at Uckfield in East Sussex, the 25 mile-long Wealden Line will now be electrified on the 750vDC third rail system, thus making it entirely compatible with the rest of the Southern Region network.
To read the full article go to the BML2 Wealden Line website
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Read the full story about the BML2 Wealden Line Scheme submitted to GREAT BRITISH RAILWAYS TRANSITION TEAM by visiting The News section
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