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Post by borneobus on Dec 24, 2022 9:10:54 GMT
Camberwell should of had some sort of station by now - just because it has several connections to Zone 1 shouldn't diminish that. In terms of specific station, Brixton seriously would benefit from getting a connection to the Overground via a new station just east of the current overhead station Brixton looks plausible - as you're aware, there's a comparatively long stretch between Clapham High Street and Denmark Hill so a new LO station pretty much in the middle: "Brixton (Gresham Road)" I used Denmark Hill (London Overground) recently and was surprised how busy the station was - I guess I shouldn't be as it will be by far the easiest way to travel to King's College or Maudsley Hospitals - on this occasion there was a reasonable amount of pax transferring train -> bus - I was one of those and boarded a 40 (but I would have been prepared to walk the 10 minutes up to Camberwell Green).
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Post by borneobus on Dec 24, 2022 9:20:15 GMT
Crouch End and Muswell Hill immediately spring to mind. I also think Dalston needs better services to the west end, as the only tube link in Zone 1 takes you to Shoreditch which isn't very useful for most Think the issue with Muswell Hill is elevation? Muswell Hill (330 ft above sea level) Nearest stations: Hornsey Stn (121 feet AMSL) Alexandra Palace Stn (125 feet AMSL) Not sure if this was a show-stopper way back when or just put it in the too difficult / too expensive bracket?
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Post by southlondon413 on Dec 24, 2022 9:25:56 GMT
Crouch End and Muswell Hill immediately spring to mind. I also think Dalston needs better services to the west end, as the only tube link in Zone 1 takes you to Shoreditch which isn't very useful for most Think the issue with Muswell Hill is elevation? Muswell Hill (330 ft above sea level) Nearest stations: Hornsey Stn (121 feet AMSL) Alexandra Palace Stn (125 feet AMSL) Not sure if this was a show-stopper way back when or just put it in the too difficult / too expensive bracket? It would certainly beat the current deepest level at Hampstead Heath by over 100ft if it were in the heart of Muswell Hill. I don’t think it’s feasible to do, although it wouldn’t be the deepest station in the world, that’s in Pyongyang.
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Post by ADH45258 on Dec 24, 2022 10:44:42 GMT
I've always thought as to why they didn't build an LO station for Brixton (the tracks run past it) I just remembered how my local area was due an Elizabeth Line station (between Paddington and Acton Main Line), but plans fell through Thamesmead (very well documented) Tbh I think a new station by Ladbroke Grove Sainsburys could be very useful although I'd have it only serves by Heathrow services,(serving all stations), and Reading services skipping this station, Acton Main Line, West Ealing and Hanwell I wonder if plans for a station at Ladbroke Grove might be reconsidered to coincide with the Kensal Canalside redevelopment? I also think it was a missed opportunity to create an interchange station in the Acton area, replacing both Acton Main Line and North Acton, plus a new station on the Overground. The proposed Old Oak Common station is slightly too far to the east to incorporate other lines. More so with the Overground, this would provide some useful connections from the Richmond/Chiswick and Harlesden/Wembley/Harrow areas onto the Elizabeth line.
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Post by VMH2537 on Dec 24, 2022 13:49:08 GMT
I've always thought as to why they didn't build an LO station for Brixton (the tracks run past it) I just remembered how my local area was due an Elizabeth Line station (between Paddington and Acton Main Line), but plans fell through Thamesmead (very well documented) Building an Overground station in Brixton will be costly due to engineering difficulties on the line running on a high viaduct. East Brixton has been suggested for re-opening instead with lower costs involved.
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Post by vjaska on Dec 24, 2022 13:58:46 GMT
I've always thought as to why they didn't build an LO station for Brixton (the tracks run past it) I just remembered how my local area was due an Elizabeth Line station (between Paddington and Acton Main Line), but plans fell through Thamesmead (very well documented) Building an Overground station in Brixton will be costly due to engineering difficulties on the line running on a high viaduct. East Brixton has been suggested for re-opening instead with lower costs involved. East Brixton is an old proposal - the last proposal was to build a brand new Overground station closer to the current Brixton Station than East Brixton was which TfL already have the land for (providing they don’t carry on letting dodgy private developers build on it)
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Post by M1104 on Dec 24, 2022 15:37:34 GMT
I once had a passing thought of a train station by the railway bridge that connects Tooting High Street with High Street Colliers Wood. The new stop between Tooting and Haydons Road stations could be called Blackshaw Road...for the nearby Saint George's Hospital.
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Post by wirewiper on Dec 24, 2022 15:50:10 GMT
I once had a passing thought of a train station by the railway bridge that connects Tooting High Street with High Street Colliers Wood. The new stop between Tooting and Haydons Road stations could be called Blackshaw Road...for the nearby Saint George's Hospital. That's not a bad suggestion. However it would be close to the current Tooting Station and I'm not sure how well it would be used, given there are good bus links to the hospital and also Tooting Broadway underground nearby. It could be worth a feasibility study.
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Post by wirewiper on Dec 24, 2022 15:54:32 GMT
Crouch End and Muswell Hill immediately spring to mind. I also think Dalston needs better services to the west end, as the only tube link in Zone 1 takes you to Shoreditch which isn't very useful for most Weren’t both on the Alexandra Palace branch from Finsbury Park Was going to be taken over by Northern line, but work stopped in 1940 due to wartime materials and staff shortage, but the branch was subsequently closed in 1954 as not enough passengers to justify it. They were indeed, sadly the poor rail service offered by LNER and the frequent buses to Finsbury Park killed it off. There was a campaign for a "Muswell Hill Metro" over the course of the railway in the 1980s and 1990s, but it was strongly opposed as by that time the trackbed had been repurposed as a linear nature reserve and the Highgate tunnels had been colonised by a protected species of bat.
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Post by wirewiper on Dec 24, 2022 16:02:54 GMT
The London Overground Chingford Branch should have more stations. I would have additional stations at Forest Road Walthamstow, Chingford Hatch and Kings Road Chingford.
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Post by M1104 on Dec 24, 2022 17:09:32 GMT
I once had a passing thought of a train station by the railway bridge that connects Tooting High Street with High Street Colliers Wood. The new stop between Tooting and Haydons Road stations could be called Blackshaw Road...for the nearby Saint George's Hospital. That's not a bad suggestion. However it would be close to the current Tooting Station and I'm not sure how well it would be used, given there are good bus links to the hospital and also Tooting Broadway underground nearby. It could be worth a feasibility study. Just about everything you said was why I never really gave it a second thought. Mind you had the line already been part of a light railway system (like the tram) it could've been a more plausible proposal.
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Post by LondonExplorer316 on Dec 25, 2022 14:03:29 GMT
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Post by northlondon83 on Dec 25, 2022 14:05:53 GMT
Around the southern end of the Bishops Avenue. Perhaps a new variant of the northern line could be built linking Golders Green and Highgate with a stop at the Bishops Avenue
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Post by vjaska on Dec 25, 2022 14:21:43 GMT
Around the southern end of the Bishops Avenue. Perhaps a new variant of the northern line could be built linking Golders Green and Highgate with a stop at the Bishops Avenue The Bishops Avenue is a road mainly comprised of mansions, including some owned by celebrities so I don’t see why it desperately needs a station
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Post by northlondon83 on Dec 25, 2022 14:25:38 GMT
Around the southern end of the Bishops Avenue. Perhaps a new variant of the northern line could be built linking Golders Green and Highgate with a stop at the Bishops Avenue The Bishops Avenue is a road mainly comprised of mansions, including some owned by celebrities so I don’t see why it desperately needs a station There isn't one near there although I'm aware that it is one of the richest roads in London
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