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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Apr 1, 2021 20:09:52 GMT
Not a good idea, it will cause the roads to become even more congested |
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Post by richard on Apr 2, 2021 0:17:30 GMT
Bearing in mind finances it's a pity the line couldn't have been extended in stages¹, eg. Burgess Park, Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate constructed as phase 1 with the rest done years later. I believe the intended sight for Old Kent Road Station is still the abandoned Toy-r-us building. ¹ - like the Battersea extension with it future-proofed for Clapham Junction reguardless... The former Toys-R-Us building is now a Lidl though. Will they give up the land? They still could if they wanted to use a compulsory purchase order to free up the land similar to what happened with some businesses in Stratford for the Oylimpics. |
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Post by Dstock7080 on Apr 2, 2021 0:39:36 GMT
Dated 1 April and text in the article specifically says: |
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Post by vjaska on Apr 2, 2021 1:56:41 GMT
Dated 1 April and text in the article specifically says: It's not an April fool - not only did Ian Visits cover this on 31st March but Southwark have been looking at a tram line running from Elephant for ages - original idea was along Walworth Road but now seems to be along Old Kent Road. Put simply, having a tram line along Old Kent Road would make traffic flow even worse than it is and the justification for a future Bakerloo Line extension would be even harder to make unless they run it via Camberwell & Peckham so I see this not coming to fruition....hopefully. www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/03/31/southwark-considers-tram-alternative-to-bakerloo-line-extension/ |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 17:02:47 GMT
Dated 1 April and text in the article specifically says: It's not an April fool - not only did Ian Visits cover this on 31st March but Southwark have been looking at a tram line running from Elephant for ages - original idea was along Walworth Road but now seems to be along Old Kent Road. Put simply, having a tram line along Old Kent Road would make traffic flow even worse than it is and the justification for a future Bakerloo Line extension would be even harder to make unless they run it via Camberwell & Peckham so I see this not coming to fruition....hopefully. www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/03/31/southwark-considers-tram-alternative-to-bakerloo-line-extension/Well if it does happen, I hope it’ll go down to Bromley North from Lewisham. |
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Post by VMH2537 on Apr 3, 2021 17:16:20 GMT
It's not an April fool - not only did Ian Visits cover this on 31st March but Southwark have been looking at a tram line running from Elephant for ages - original idea was along Walworth Road but now seems to be along Old Kent Road. Put simply, having a tram line along Old Kent Road would make traffic flow even worse than it is and the justification for a future Bakerloo Line extension would be even harder to make unless they run it via Camberwell & Peckham so I see this not coming to fruition....hopefully. www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/03/31/southwark-considers-tram-alternative-to-bakerloo-line-extension/Well if it does happen, I hope it’ll go down to Bromley North from Lewisham. TFL did an assessment of it a couple years ago and concluded its not feasible from difficult engineering involved. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 20:09:20 GMT
Well if it does happen, I hope it’ll go down to Bromley North from Lewisham. TFL did an assessment of it a couple years ago and concluded its not feasible from difficult engineering involved. I think that’s short sighted of them. |
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Post by M1104 on Apr 3, 2021 20:22:48 GMT
TFL did an assessment of it a couple years ago and concluded its not feasible from difficult engineering involved. I think that’s short sighted of them. Considering the residential areas around Old Kent Road the underground would be more feasible in comparison. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 21:11:33 GMT
I think that’s short sighted of them. Condisering the residential areas around the the Old Kent Road areas the underground would be more feasible in comparison. Oh I’d much prefer the tube, but the trams would be better than nothing. |
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Post by southlondonbus on Apr 3, 2021 21:45:32 GMT
Id rather buses over a tram. Tfl would end up cutting routes to feed into the tram like with the 54 and 353 and cross New Cross links to central London would probably be lost.
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Post by wirewiper on May 14, 2021 12:54:46 GMT
Bakerloo Line timetables will be revised from Sunday 16th May, with reductions in service levels at off-peak times.
Between Elephant & Castle and Queens Park the off-peak and evening service will reduce from 19 to 16 trains per hour. The Saturday daytime frequency will remain at 20 trains per hour and the Sunday frequency will be standardised at 16 trains per hour (currently 15 morning and 18 afternoon).
Beyond Queens Park eight trains an hour (currently 9) will continue to Stonebridge Park, four of which (currently 6) will continue to Harrow & Wealdstone.
The move is aimed at increasing reliability by allowing additional turnround time at termini.
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Post by richard on May 18, 2021 12:05:31 GMT
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Post by redbus on May 18, 2021 21:54:19 GMT
So in other words it is to save money, let's hope all the passengers don't back at once!!! |
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Post by vjaska on May 18, 2021 23:13:46 GMT
So in other words it is to save money, let's hope all the passengers don't back at once!!! They seem to be suggesting that other lines will receive one but the issue with this is some lines are already horrendously busy even during certain periods off peak such as the Victoria Line which I had the misfortune of using Saturday gone where it was literally like a pre pandemic journey with every carriage rammed and all seats taken. The same was true on the Central though I only experienced it between Oxford Circus & Bond Street where the train emptied out to a social distancing level. |
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Post by richard on May 19, 2021 0:15:49 GMT
So in other words it is to save money, let's hope all the passengers don't back at once!!! Come 21st June who knows what will happen. But people will flock to nighclubs and bars. |
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