In message , John Rowland
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One of the busiest stations on the Piccadilly Line is Hatton Cross,

I find that very hard to believe (except when T4 station is shut, as it
is now).

I find that very hard to believe even with T4 closed.
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:45:21 +0100, Tom Anderson
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Interesting. Any idea how those numbers compare to:

- Provincial towns (eg Ashford, Basingstoke, Colchester)
- Provincial city centres (eg Manchester city centre)
- the City

Not sure, TBH, and such figures may be rather harder to find...

For now - there's a good chance of a tram line, isn't there?

I don't think we'll ever see it, as it will only be built if funded
commercially, and I think the Trafford Centre itself is entirely happy
with most of its visitors coming by car (they can, after all, buy more
then) and a good number by bus as well.

Neil

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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:10:51 +0100, Paul Terry
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According to figures published last year, direct employment at
Heathrow is about 68,000. For every person directly employed at
the airport, it is estimated that there are three in the supply
chain.

A bit more than earlier figures, indeed!

If this is indeed true (perhaps the 6-8K is those directly employed by
BAA at Heathrow rather than all the retail outlets etc?) that probably
changes things. However, it still puts Trafford Park in a broadly
similar league.

Neil

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"Steve Fitzgerald" ] wrote in message
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In message , John Rowland
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One of the busiest stations on the Piccadilly Line is Hatton Cross,

I find that very hard to believe
(except when T4 station is shut, as it is now).

I find that very hard to believe even with T4 closed.

Since you drive the trains, that's the matter resolved!

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In message , John Rowland
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One of the busiest stations on the Piccadilly Line is Hatton Cross,

I find that very hard to believe
(except when T4 station is shut, as it is now).

I find that very hard to believe even with T4 closed.

Since you drive the trains, that's the matter resolved!

But, but.... not all of them. Just the 4 a day through there :-)
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"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Neil Williams wrote:

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:37:43 +0100, Graeme Wall
wrote:

How many people work in Trafford Park? IIRC the working population of
Heathrow is around 6-8 thousand.

snip

Not only that, but Trafford Park has very little in the way of rail
passenger transport.

For now - there's a good chance of a tram line, isn't there?

no - it has to be funded privately, essentially by Peel Holdings who own the
Trafford Centre. However they only offered to pay their bit if they could
have planning permission for a massive expansion of the Trafford Centre,
which was turned down.

Of course a new line to the Trafford Centre would also pass MUFC (Old
Trafford) - on an alignment already in place by the Ship Canal - which may
be vital when the stadium expands again... if someone pays for it!

TM

"Steve Fitzgerald" ] wrote in message
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In message , John Rowland
writes

One of the busiest stations on the Piccadilly Line is Hatton Cross,

I find that very hard to believe
(except when T4 station is shut, as it is now).

I find that very hard to believe even with T4 closed.

Since you drive the trains, that's the matter resolved!

But, but.... not all of them. Just the 4 a day through there :-)

the same 4?

tim

In message , "tim (moved to sweden)"
writes

One of the busiest stations on the Piccadilly Line is Hatton Cross,

I find that very hard to believe
(except when T4 station is shut, as it is now).

I find that very hard to believe even with T4 closed.

Since you drive the trains, that's the matter resolved!

But, but.... not all of them. Just the 4 a day through there :-)

the same 4?

Oh no, I get different trains every day.

A typical day is 2 'rounders' that would be Arnos Grove - Cockfosters -
Heathrow - Arnos Grove, have a break then do it all again. So I
actually get to visit Hatton Cross 4 times a day.
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Neil Williams wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:37:43 +0100, Graeme Wall
wrote:


How many people work in Trafford Park? IIRC the working population of
Heathrow is around 6-8 thousand.


According to the link below, there are 7,000 in the Trafford Centre
alone, not to mention the huge industrial area of the Park.

If I've not read it incorrectly, it is claimed that some 40,000 work
in the entire Park

I wonder how many of those are part-time workers. Several of my
university friends worked weekends at Bluewater to cut down on their debt.

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:22:12 +0100, James Farrar
wrote:

I wonder how many of those are part-time workers. Several of my
university friends worked weekends at Bluewater to cut down on their debt.

Quite possibly. I'd not be in the least surprised if the same applied
to Heathrow.

Neil

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