In addition to all the tube (and DLR) links mentioned, an international
station at Stratford means that Eurostar passengers to/from many parts
of Essex and East Anglia do not have to go to central London to change.

When Crossrail is built, it will mean that Eurostar passengers to/from
the west of London won't need to change in central London.

And if the proposed plan to run Eurostar services on the west coast
mainline materialises, Stratford will be the only London stop.

It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

Peter

"AstraVanMan" wrote in message
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In addition to all the tube (and DLR) links mentioned, an international
station at Stratford means that Eurostar passengers to/from many parts
of Essex and East Anglia do not have to go to central London to change.

When Crossrail is built, it will mean that Eurostar passengers to/from
the west of London won't need to change in central London.

And if the proposed plan to run Eurostar services on the west coast
mainline materialises, Stratford will be the only London stop.

It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

Indeed.

Willesden Junction could be turned into one too: build new platforms on the
main WCML lines and maybe even the GWML (as it passes so close). With
Crossrail 1 passing through, as well as all the GWML and WCML traffic, and
the Bakerloo and North London Lines (Orbirail by then?), you'd have a decent
hub for West London with connections to Gatwick (South Central), Heathrow
(Crossrail), the west (GWML), the north and midlands (WCML), and lots of
London. If NoL Eurostar services ever start, this would be an ideal
additional or alternative stop to Stratford. And a useful place to start
the HSL to the north.

With the ELL (and hence the creation of a true Orbirail service), and the
addition of Met and Chiltern platforms turning West Hampstead into more of a
hub, you'd have a decent inner-London hub network linked by the Orbirail
network and tube/Crossrail/Thameslink connections into the centre.

Or maybe I'm just dreaming... :-)

Angus

"AstraVanMan" wrote in message
...
In addition to all the tube (and DLR) links mentioned, an international
station at Stratford means that Eurostar passengers to/from many parts
of Essex and East Anglia do not have to go to central London to change.

When Crossrail is built, it will mean that Eurostar passengers to/from
the west of London won't need to change in central London.

And if the proposed plan to run Eurostar services on the west coast
mainline materialises, Stratford will be the only London stop.

It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

So what will they do with the old one?

In addition to all the tube (and DLR) links mentioned, an
international
station at Stratford means that Eurostar passengers to/from many parts
of Essex and East Anglia do not have to go to central London to
change.

When Crossrail is built, it will mean that Eurostar passengers to/from
the west of London won't need to change in central London.

And if the proposed plan to run Eurostar services on the west coast
mainline materialises, Stratford will be the only London stop.

It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

So what will they do with the old one?

Make that into the new Waterloo.

Seriously.

Peter

"AstraVanMan" wrote in message
...
In addition to all the tube (and DLR) links mentioned, an
international
station at Stratford means that Eurostar passengers to/from many
parts
of Essex and East Anglia do not have to go to central London to
change.

When Crossrail is built, it will mean that Eurostar passengers
to/from
the west of London won't need to change in central London.

And if the proposed plan to run Eurostar services on the west coast
mainline materialises, Stratford will be the only London stop.

It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

So what will they do with the old one?

Make that into the new Waterloo.

and what would you do with the old one?

--
Mark

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"AstraVanMan" wrote in message
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It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

So what will they do with the old one?

Make that into the new Waterloo.

and what would you do with the old one?

Make it into the new Mornington Crescent.

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:12:24 +0100, Mark Townend wrote:
It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

So what will they do with the old one?

Make that into the new Waterloo.

and what would you do with the old one?

Demolish it, never been to a more dreary place.

In message , Paul Weaver
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:12:24 +0100, Mark Townend wrote:
It'll be the new Clapham Junction.

So what will they do with the old one?

Make that into the new Waterloo.

and what would you do with the old one?

Demolish it, never been to a more dreary place.

You've obviously never been to Birmingham New Street then :-).
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On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:31:02 +0100, Spyke wrote:
You've obviously never been to Birmingham New Street then :-).

Newstreet has shops, and no barriers stopping you from leaving.