"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...

I'm not saying that the GN stations are inconveniently located for
*everyone* - obviously some destinations will be closer to the GN
stations than the Piccadilly ones, and some bus connections will be more
easily made at GN stations. On balance, however, major destinations and
bus connections are easier at Picc stations simply because the Picc
follows the main road.

I have to say, some of the GN stations really are in odd places. Oakleigh
Park in particular - it's in the middle of nowhere! Why wasn't it built it
a mile or so further south, where it would at least have been close to
some vaguely major roads? Winchmore Hill and Grane Park are also pretty
badly sited, but when with the railway having the route it does, there
aren't really any better alternatives.

I don't think there is really any alternative site for Oakleigh Park. To the
south the line goes into a tunnel, and a site after the tunnel would be too
close to New Southgate. Anyway it is pretty well used where it is, it has
twice as many passengers as New Southgate for a start.

Peter Smyth