The Anonymous Widower

Are Transport Links To London Gateway Good Enough?

This article from the Echo asks if road links to the new London Gateway port are good enough. Here’s the first two paragraphs.

One of the first businessmen to import goods through the DP World superport says he had to use the new rail line because the roads are not good enough.

David Mawer, director of Hillebrand Group, which imported the first container of wine through the superport, said it was a good job London Gateway has added a second rail line to take cargo to London

I don’t live in the area around the port, but the figure quoted of 8,000 lorries a day going in and out of port, when it’s fully operational, seems to me, a recipe for gridlock in South Essex and East London.

Although, David Mawer, seems to be pleased with the rail line to the port, it strikes me that there isn’t enough capacity on the crowded routes through North London. The Gospel Oak to Barking line is being electrified, but will this be enough to allow the lines to cope.

At present I doubt it, but then only time will tell!

November 14, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Freight, Gospel Oak And Barking Line, London Gateway, North London Line, Trains