-- "PRAR" wrote:
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:33:16 +0930, (Aidan Stanger)
wrote:
Conversion of the line to tramway will
bring real benefits, giving much better interchange (serving
Annerley station and Crystal Palace bus station)
I see no evidence to back up this claim. For a start the Trams
aren't going to go near the bus station, and Anerley station
hardly has a suitable service to interchange with.
Good point. Anerley's 2tph both go to Croydon anyway, so there's better
interchange available there. Besides, if the trams just follow the existing
railway line to Crystal Palace, then they won't even go anyhere near Anerley
station!
Unless service patterns have changed in the last year or so, some of the
trains split at Purley. Why not take over half of that service?
Because there still aren't the paths at Norwood Junction.
So it does look like the tramlink will bring a worse train service to
Crystal Palace after all...