Devvy
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A thread for sharing and discussing the unbuilt proposals for "stuff" in Britain, post-1900. To start with (with thanks to @Masked Grizzly , and removed quote tags to make it easier to quote this post). Partly copied across from the semi-contentious "London thinks big" thread.:
Proposed EuroStar Terminus at White City, The station would have been a through station with the aim of allowing trains to pass through to the north of England — a plan similar to that was also included but never carried out with the current Eurostars. - https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/20...on-the-channel-tunnel-terminus-at-white-city/
Might have worked pretty well had it been built yet would have likely needed to have been complemented by other planned High Speed routes through London.
Biota! - A proposal for a huge aquarium to be built next to the Millennium Mills at the Docklands in East London.
Although the aquarium was due to be completed in 2007, the project had already slipped a bit when the 2007/8 global financial crash took place and faced with a recession it was delayed again.
This caused wider problems as the planning application for the aquarium required it to be built before the rest of the site could be developed, so the delays were holding up a planned £1.5 billion redevelopment. Eventually, in September 2009 the landowner, the London Development Agency pulled the plug on the project.
www.researchgate.net
Proposed 1989 Crossrail Schemes (from the previous link above)
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CROSSRAIL OPTIONS
Proposed EuroStar Terminus at White City, The station would have been a through station with the aim of allowing trains to pass through to the north of England — a plan similar to that was also included but never carried out with the current Eurostars. - https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/20...on-the-channel-tunnel-terminus-at-white-city/
Might have worked pretty well had it been built yet would have likely needed to have been complemented by other planned High Speed routes through London.
Biota! - A proposal for a huge aquarium to be built next to the Millennium Mills at the Docklands in East London.
Although the aquarium was due to be completed in 2007, the project had already slipped a bit when the 2007/8 global financial crash took place and faced with a recession it was delayed again.
This caused wider problems as the planning application for the aquarium required it to be built before the rest of the site could be developed, so the delays were holding up a planned £1.5 billion redevelopment. Eventually, in September 2009 the landowner, the London Development Agency pulled the plug on the project.
Unbuilt London: Biota! – the East London aquarium
Not that many years ago, and already largely forgotten, there was a plan for a huge aquarium, Biota!, to be built next to the Millennium Mills in Docklands.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
1948 London Rail Plan & 1949 London Plan Working Party, 'Proposed New Routes' (Found in following link below)
(PDF) Crossrail: The slow route to London's regional express railway
PDF | The Crossrail project was inaugurated in 2010 and is due for completion in 2018, allowing regional trains to run through rail tunnels deep under... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
Proposed 1989 Crossrail Schemes (from the previous link above)
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CROSSRAIL OPTIONS
- CLAPHERPOOL LINE: Liverpool St - Clapham Junction
- WATERPOOL LINE: Liverpool St - Paddington
- LIVERPADD LINE: Liverpool St - Paddington
- KING VIC LINE: King’s Cross - Victoria
- PADDERLOOPOOL LINE: Liverpool St-Waterloo-Victoria-Paddington
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