Dave Arquati wrote:
Annabel Smyth wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 at 18:54:17, Dave Arquati
wrote:


I agree - missing out Loughborough Junction would also be sinful
as it allows interchange with Thameslink (and thus orbital
connections for those from Wimbledon, Sutton, & Streatham). The
problem is the viaduct; new stations on the SLL viaduct at
Brixton and Lougborough Jcn will be expensive.


Not new, though, that's the whole point. Way back when, there was
a station called "East Brixton", situated on the viaduct at the
junction of Barrington Road and Brixton Station Road, just off
Coldharbour Lane. Not beyond the bounds of possibility to reopen
it. And Loughborough Junction has disused platforms - hence it is
a "junction" - which could easily be brought into use.

East Brixton seems to be an irritating distance from Brixton station
itself - it's not as close as Clapham High St is to Clapham North.

I Googled for the Loughborough Junction platforms but I couldn't
find them. But East Brixton seems to be an incredibly short
distance from Loughborough Junction - were there really platforms
at both locations? Maybe the L'boro Jcn platforms are on the tracks
for Elephant & Castle - Denmark Hill services?


Here's a rough diagram of the lines (needs to be viewed in a fixed-width
font):

|to Blackfriars
|
LLL
to Victoria / | \
___________________/__|__\______DH______
B |
__________\___EB______|_________DH______
\ | S. London Line
\ |
to Herne Hill

B=Brixton
EB=East Brixton, only on the high-level South London Line.
LLL=Loughborough Junction, originally with platforms on all three lines
through the junction; only the centre 'L' now exists.
DH= Denmark Hill

Note that Loughborough Junction has never had platforms on the SLL


See also the map at http://www.semg.org.uk/sr_map/1962map5.html


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Richard J.
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