On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:20:25 +0100, "Solar Penguin"
wrote:
-- "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...
So the pro tram advocates ought to post a response here to justify the
not inconsiderable sum that will be spent in its construction plus the
cost of an extra tram or two for what seems a very dubious benefit.
At the top of the thread it was stated the extension will go ahead -
sounds more like an election promise that won't be delivered within
Ken's new term of office, assuming he is elected.
David Bradley