On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

And is there anywhere else in Greater London which is similarly
deserving of a brand new railway station on an existing line?

I suppose under that criteria my vote would go for a Brixton station on
the South London Line (which will hopefully play host to ELLX trains to
& from Clapham Jn in years to come) - but that would be an incredibly
difficult and expensive station to build, unlike Eastfield's
quick-and-cheapish new modular station. Is there anywhere else
deserving that's like Eastfields in London - somewhere where the line
is running more or less flat on the ground, not high up on an
embankment or viaduct or low in a cutting or even in a tunnel - i.e.
any *realistic* suggestions?

Oh you've wrecked the criteria! I was going to suggest St Ann's Road /
Seven Sisters Road on the GOBLIN

What, all of 2000 feet from South Tottenham station?

as well as Forest Road, Winchester Road and Chingford Hatch on the
Chingford - Liverpool St line. These extra stations would hugely
increase the catchment areas for these lines even though I recognise
they would slow overall journey times.

Chingford is currently eight stops from Liverpool Street (assuming that
trains skip Cambridge Heath and London Fields, which i think they still
do). Your stops would make it eleven. By comparison, Buckhurst Hill, the
station in the same zone on the Central line, is nine stops from Liverpool
Street, and Becontree, the first station in that zone on the District, is
13. Eleven seems alright really.

If Network Rail were feeling suitably insane they could build an
interchange station at Ferry Lane Estate where the GOBLIN cross the Lea
Valley line via Tottenham Hale. Obviously not every Lea Valley train
could stop as it's reduce line capacity but the locals to Hertford East
could possibly provide a half decent service.

Everyone's suggestions so far:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=...d 28a8d72cb01

Including one from me!

tom

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