On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:51:56 +0100, (Mark Bestley)
wrote:

Robin wrote:

These prices are insane. How could reinstating Lea Bridge station on
land which is presumably still owned by the railway cost as much as
buying 14 average London houses and the land they stand on?

Perhaps start by costing in the passenger lifts? Adding them to an old
station can easily cost around a million with ancillary works included.

Mitcham easfileds cost £6m (so Lea Bridge seems cheap) and over £1m was
for the footbridge and lift
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/modular-station-opens-this-month.html

Corby cost £8.3m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corby_railway_station#Design_and_construction
although wiki implies there was road and car park building as well

Mitcham Eastfields dates from about six years ago, so inflation would
make the costs much more than£6.5m for Lea Bridge today. And that's
even with the modular buildings which are supposed to cut costs.