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• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

I want to focus on the North London Line, which is absolutely important for London but also crucial for the constituency I represent, Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest. If we just look at the Hackney and Islington part of it, you can see why we welcome the ambitions and the funding that are being proposed for the North London Line. Can you repeat what you were saying about your meeting with the Department for Transport? Are you saying that you were discussing a plan B, for instance, if the Railway Bill does not make it? What sort of timescales were...

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

With the North London Line, if you were just able to extend the platform that would give us longer trains and you would then be able to deal with the overcrowding.

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Continuing with the theme that they will do the right thing, which we hope they will, what benefits will my constituents, who rely on the North London Line, be able to see once TfL takes responsibility for this part of the network? Can you re-affirm your commitment to the 'turn-up-and-go' way of operating that I read was one of your ambitions?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

You told us earlier about the constraints of funding and how much the infrastructure improvement is dependent on that, which I think we all understand. However, in terms of raising future revenues, do you agree with the quote in the Evening Standard, a couple of days ago I think, from your board colleague, Professor Stephen Glaister that, `In future years Congesting Charging has to be a key revenue generator'?

• Reference: 2005/0040-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

How will you ensure that the needs of workers are fully taken into account as part of the consultation on starting and finishing the tube later at weekends? ... What alternative transport option will be available to the current 55,000 people who use the Tube during the first hour of operation over the weekend? There are other questions related to that, so perhaps you can give me a quick answer and then a long answer by mail.

• Reference: 2005/0036-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What efforts have you made to co-ordinate and streamline communications activity within the TfL Group?

• Reference: 2005/0041-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Can you update me on negotiations surrounding the fitting of the Thameslink box at Kings Cross St Pancras?

• Reference: 2005/0043-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What improvements are planned for Essex Road station?

• Reference: 2005/0044-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What plans do you have to improve the Chingford Line?

• Reference: 2005/0045
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

What are your views on the possibility of a Hall Farm Curve rail link?