Stratford City Limits? Campaigning for new rail links for Walthamstow

The Hall Farm Curve is a short piece of track, which linked up the Liverpool St - Chingford Line with the Lea Valley Line. This enabled trains to run between Stratford and Chingford. It closed over twenty years ago but since then there has been a long running campaign for the line to be reopened. It would be especially important in the light of the transport needs for the Olympics but there are many positive repercussions to the local economy in getting an easier connection to the Jubilee line, the DLR and Canary Wharf.
 
I'm pleased to report talks have recently started with Network Rail about reopening the line and so connecting Walthamstow with Stratford during the 2010-2015 time period of transport investment. Getting this line reopened, and making the case for the station at Lea Bridge to be reinstated as part of the route too, would be a vital boost to public transport links for Walthamstow. As plans develop I'll keep readers posted.