On 11 Jan, 18:40, Mr Thant
wrote:

On 11 Jan, 17:34, Paul Corfield wrote:

(snip)

There'd be no
point building it and having the station stuck across a dual carriageway
road (by the actual Arsenal itself).

I'd advise you don't look into where they're putting the Crossrail
station then.


Though the alignment of the Crossrail route was decided upon before
the Woolwich Crossrail station was even confirmed - I don't think
there was ever much chance of having the Crossrail route altered to
take it under the town centre. Should it have done? Well, a C/B
analysis would doubtless say no, though I suppose one could argue that
the only way one could ensure Woolwich properly benefited from
Crossrail is to have a station right in the town centre.

AIUI a bit of the idea of the Crossrail station is that it'll boost
the regeneration of the old Arsenal site itself. The majority of
commuters who will be changing off the North Kent line onto Crossrail
will be doing so at Abbey Wood.