On 24 Apr, 14:33, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:14:19 +0000 (UTC), Martin Petrov

wrote:
Is there anything documented anywhere regarding improvements to the bus
network at the north of the olympic park anywhere? At the moment, the
only public transport that runs along the north of the park is the W15
which runs between Hackney and Leyton (and beyond). Will there be any
plan for a bus 'terminal' at the north of the park? Perhaps with a couple
of interesting bus lines being extended along there? (26 or 30 from
Hackney Wick? Or maybe a bus route from Walthamstow, through Leyton to
the north of the park, like the 58 or 69?

Also, will there be bus access through to the International Station/DLR?

The Westfield development has a northern bus station and I would expect
a decent number of services to serve it. *What happens in the short term
will, of course, be influenced by the pace of development (and related
road changes) on the Olympic site.

I saw something, in confidence, a very long time ago about what might
happen to bus routes serving the area north of Stratford Station. I
would imagine things have moved on considerably since I saw the initial
ideas - not least because of the TfL budget situation although that
might be ameliorated by S106 funding. I am not going to break the
confidence by revealing the details. However you don't need to be a
genius to look at what happened with Westfield at White City (or any
major shopping / property redevelopment outside London) to see what
could happen at Stratford.

The big - in fact massive - plus for Westfield and its tenants at
Stratford is the sheer reach of the rail network. People from a very
wide area will be one, maybe two, train rides away Stratford. *If we
think trains get full at Shepherds Bush Overground then I think people
will be surprised how much journey generation Westfield Stratford is
going to create.


At a bit of a tangent, I have to wonder how much more stuff people can
actually buy though.