WILDGEESE
Gone Fishin'
Immediately after the war the country was broke and only being kept afloat thanks to American and Canadian loans plus the Sterling area, we didn't end rationing until 1954. The idea of this kind of expensive programme when large parts of the population are either homeless from the war or still living in slums is going to see you laughed out of the room in favour of homebuilding as they already have stations that they can get by with for the minimum of repairs and maintenance. After that starts to stabilise somewhat you then run into the problem of London's population which declined by roughly 20% over the 40 years between the 1940s and the 1980s, again it argues against large vanity projects if there's no major pressure on the current system.
Sorry filer that i didn't specify, but i was thinking of the Canary Wharf etc some where in the 60's after the start of "Containerisation".
Would that be a better answer for the thread?
Cheers filer.