"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

And is there anywhere else in Greater London which is similarly
deserving of a brand new railway station on an existing line?

I suppose under that criteria my vote would go for a Brixton station
on the South London Line (which will hopefully play host to ELLX
trains to & from Clapham Jn in years to come) - but that would be an
incredibly difficult and expensive station to build, unlike
Eastfield's quick-and-cheapish new modular station. Is there anywhere
else deserving that's like Eastfields in London - somewhere where the
line is running more or less flat on the ground, not high up on an
embankment or viaduct or low in a cutting or even in a tunnel - i.e.
any *realistic* suggestions?

Oh you've wrecked the criteria! I was going to suggest St Ann's Road /
Seven Sisters Road on the GOBLIN as well as Forest Road, Winchester Road
and Chingford Hatch on the Chingford - Liverpool St line. These extra
stations would hugely increase the catchment areas for these lines even
though I recognise they would slow overall journey times.

If Network Rail were feeling suitably insane they could build an
interchange station at Ferry Lane Estate where the GOBLIN cross the Lea
Valley line via Tottenham Hale. Obviously not every Lea Valley train
could stop as it's reduce line capacity but the locals to Hertford East
could possibly provide a half decent service.

Unfortunately they're all high up or down in dips!


There is an interesting tale in the Alan Williams column in the current
Modern Railways. Apparently the NR plan for the rebuild of Effingham
Junction with one of these modular stations, supposedly using permitted
development rights, failed to gain the local planner's agreement down in
rural Surrey.

So the portakabins have disappeared from the car park, and the project has
been cancelled. Back to the above 'brand new' part of the above discussion,
perhaps if they have a modular metal clad footbridge and some prefab
buildings earmarked waiting in a warehouse somewhere, they're actually far
more likely to gain acceptance in a new build urban setting than a 150 yr
old rural setting?

Paul S