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The Number 1 roads were singled purely to save on cost when they were electrified at 25kv in 1986 remembering they had been abandoned from Canonbury Jcn a few years earlier. 25kv electrification also meant the track was reinstated from Canonbury Jcn to Caledonian Road. I remember the project manager said when funds allowed the lines would be reinstated to double track. Single Lining was due to the cost of allowing clearance of trains under overhead wires and without rebuilding the bridges. At last this is being done, unfortunately No1 road is not being extended to Camden Road Station as it was in the '70s. It is unbelievable the amount of traffic on this line today and the numbers of passengers using the NLL line. In the '70s there was no passenger service between Stratford and Dalston Jcn it was only used by freight. Only Footex and Awayday Specials used it as far as passengers were concerned.
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