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Much more successful in Scotland -because of governement support, of course, as opposed to England.
The author correctly reports not enough forward thinking, but omits the disgraceful case of Portishead, where an hourly service is proposed for an effectively suburban line(!)
This was “de-scoped” by D(a)fT on the grounds of first cost … it seems that they will never, ever learn, doesn’t it?
The southern end of the Tower Subway is no mystery of any sort (as I described in a post four years ago). It was extended and the modern building behind the Unicorn theatre is its current southern entrance. Its a complete puzzle as to why A London Inheritance thinks the southern entrance is a mystery!
Have done a ‘memo’ on my blog (maybe a subject for Monday Fridays reads?) clearly showing A London Inheritance’s Tower Subway mystery isn’t even that. One of the first to indicate the subway’s new southern end behind the Unicorn theatre happened to be railway historian Tim Dunn! Thanks Tim! A couple of other videos are included which clearly show the new concrete tunnel extension and access point.