North London Line Closure hearing meeting
London TravelWatch will be holding its formal North London Line (NLL) closure hearing on Thursday 2nd February 2006, at Hackney Empire hospitality rooms from 10am, open to press and public.
The hearing will investigate the issues surrounding the proposed closure of the NLL between Stratford and North Woolwich, and the replacement DLR service (proposed to run between Stratford and King George V station, near North Woolwich. The DLR line between Canning Town and King George V is already open.
The NLL stations at Custom House, Silvertown and North Woolwich are proposed to close - with the stations at London City Airport and King George V providing the transport links instead. The DLR station at Custom House will remain open, while three new DLR stations are also proposed.
This also means that users of the NLL who want to go through Stratford will now have an extra change on their journeys. London TravelWatch is required to submit a report to the Secretary of State for Transport on the closure application and can make recommendations if they believe that hardship will occur.
The hearing will be held in public as members of London TravelWatch discuss the issues, and there will be an opportunity for members of the public to express their views
The meeting open to the press and public will be held on Thursday 2 February at 10am, at the Hackney Empire, Mare St, London E8.
For more details of London TravelWatch's closure procedure, click here. For documents relating to the closure hearing, click here.
The North London Line serves North Woolwich, Silvertown, Custom House, Canning Town, West Ham, Stratford, Hackney Wick, Homerton, Hackney Central, Dalston Kingsland, Canonbury, Highbury and Islington, Caledonian Road and Barnsbury, Camden Road, Kentish Town, Hampstead Heath, Finchley Road and Frognal, West Hampstead, Brondesbury, Brondesbury Park, Kensal Rise, Willesden Junction, Acton Central, Acton, Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens and Richmond.
For more information, please call Jo deBank in the London TravelWatch press office on 020 7726 9953 or out of hours on 07734 055494, or Brian Cooke, Chairman, on 07981 691174.
the voice of London's transport users
26th January 2006