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Old June 27th 05, 05:03 PM posted to uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default Camden station redevelopment rejected

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John Rowland wrote:

"Alan (in Brussels)" wrote in message
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Press report forwarded FYI by:

- Alan (in Brussels)

"Campaigners' joy as station plan is axed

www.hamhigh.co.uk

"This is the end of the project. We needed that new station,
now the users of the Northern Line face decades of misery."


Rubbish. The solution to Camden Town's problems is
to get more people to switch to Camden Road. I roughly
calculated that the money to be spent on rebuilding Camden
Town station would fund a decent service on the North
London Line every day for about a century.


But surely there's only a limited number of routes
for which Camden Road would be a viable alternative?


Yes, but you don't have to remove all the people from Camden Town. A 25%
reduction at the weekend might make the station workable for 20 years or so,
and who knows how unfashonable Camden might be by then.

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