Have you had your invite this morning to Network Rail's 'drop-in information session' at the
West Indian Cultural Centre,
Fri 17 July 4pm-8pm and
Sat 18 July 10am-2pm ?
We're soon going to be hosting the new Thameslink Northern Depot to house and service all those new
50% longer trains which from 2012 will serve the St Pancras Int'l - New Blackfriars link. (There will be a second depot south of the river.)
"These new trains will need new, high performance maintenance facilities and sidings long enough to accommodate them. . . . . Following a careful site selection process an area of operational railway land ownd by Network Rail and located next to Hornsey Station has been chosen to develop these new modern facilities."
This can only mean the narrow stretch south of Hornsey footbridge between the existing track and the New River. Maybe we're lucky after all to have Jewson's and Mermaid Court on the Harringay Station stretch.
So
Nessun Dorma's the new Wightman Road anthem. Anyone like to buy a desirable residence with west-facing garden backed by an elevated Network Rail shunting line, with stunning views of London Cement facilities and equally knockout sound from Thameslink's state-of-art depot ?
Not even a W1 Bus would offer an adequate escape route.
Meanwhile visit:
www.networkrail.co.uk/thameslink and check 'Thameslink Programme'. "Helpline" 08457 11 41 41 .
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