On Tue, 17 May 2016 15:22:35 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Mon, 16 May 2016 18:49:12 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2016\05\16 16:20, Paul Corfield wrote:

The station has cost something like £11-12m.

What a phenomenal amount, when it looks like the old platforms were
resurfaced.

Mitcham Eastfields was built with brand new 170m platforms for 6 million
in 2008, although I don't know if that sum includes the realignment of
Grove Road which took place a few years earlier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Br...ailway_station suggests that
the station was planned to cost 6.5 million in 2013... that frog boiled
so fast I'm surprised it didn't jump.

The platforms were partly reused but were riddled with Japanese
knotweed. Parts of the old station had to be demolished and removed.
Freight companies identified concerns over signalling issues arising
as part of the new station. I don't know how / if those concerns were
resolved.

The initial cost estimate was not done professionally and missed a
number of problems that were on site for all to see. The estimate
also didn't take into account all the requisite industry processes and
approvals. All this is in LBWF papers. The council only have
themselves to blame by not employing properly experienced people at
that initial design / estimating stage. So not so much boiling frogs
as crappy estimating.

I expect working on a greenfield site like Eastfields was easier than
dealing with Lea Bridge. I doubt much freight runs via Mitcham

Looks like none at all if you ignore what looks like 7 available paths
for internal railway services.

whereas some does via Lea Bridge

Today - 1 freightliner and 5 non-runners (Q/cancelled).
Score those how you like.

and more will during the partial GOBLIN
closure (if I've understood the NR closures documentation correctly).