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"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
... http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtime..._crossrail.php Stop dithering and give Kingston Crossrail Cllr Bamford said: "Crossrail is vital to Kingston's future. We are currently the second biggest retail centre in London, How do they figure that one? Surely they are behind the West End and Croydon, and I would have thought they were behind Romford and Harrow as well. Kingston's Town Centre Manager Graham McNally said: "We have brilliant bus services but compared with other towns of a similar size such as Croydon, the number of trains and carrying capacity is well down. The difference is that Croydon has light and heavy railways coming from all directions, mostly from places with limited shopping opportunities. Crossrail won't give Kingston this, so it won't do anything for retail in Kingston, any more than the Piccadilly Line does anything for retail in Cockfosters. However, it will increase the number of drunks who accidentally end up in Kingston late at night. -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes |
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Stop dithering and give Kingston Crossrail
Cllr Bamford said: "Crossrail is vital to Kingston's future. We are currently the second biggest retail centre in London, How do they figure that one? Surely they are behind the West End and Croydon, and I would have thought they were behind Romford and Harrow as well. My guess would be that on some measure or other Kingston beats Croydon. In terms of sheer personal prejudice, I prefer shopping in Kingston anyway. Crossrail's a bit of a red herring as far as Kingston's transport needs go. There are already two perfectly good railway lines to London and no-one would want to get onto the District/NLL or any line running through over it at Richmond as it's so bloody slow. The directions poorly served are on the other side of the town. What I'd recommend would be a tramway network with the following lines: 1) to Epsom via Surbiton, Tolworth, and Ewell Village (running on Wood St, Eden St, Brook St, Penrhyn Rd, Surbiton Rd, Surbiton Hill Rd, Ewell Rd, Tolworth Bway, Kingston Rd, High St Ewell, Epsom Rd, East St, High St Epsom, Waterloo Rd, Station Appr) 2) to Leatherhead via Surbiton, Chessington, and Chessington WOA (branching off (1), from Ewell Rd running on Ditton Rd, Hook Rd, Leatherhead Rd, ROW parallel to Kingston Rd, alongside the railway, Station Appr, Station Rd, North St, High St Leatherhead) 3) to Heathrow T4 via Hampton Court, Hampton, and Feltham (running on Wood St, Clarence St, Kingston Bridge, Hampton Ct Rd, Church St, High St Hampton, Uxbridge Rd, Hampton Rd W, Uxbridge Rd, Hanworth Rd, Hounslow Rd, Bedfont La, Staines Rd, Gt SW Rd, then into the Airport) 4) to Weybridge via Hampton Court, East Molesey, and Walton-on-Thames (branching off (3), from Hampton Ct Rd running on Hampton Ct Bridge, Bridge Rd, Walton Rd, Terrace Rd, High St Walton, Ashley Rd, Queen's Rd, Hanger Hill, Station Appr) |
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"James" wrote in message om... Stop dithering and give Kingston Crossrail snip Crossrail's a bit of a red herring as far as Kingston's transport needs go. There are already two perfectly good railway lines to London and no-one would want to get onto the District/NLL or any line running through over it at Richmond as it's so bloody slow. The directions poorly served are on the other side of the town. What I'd recommend would be a tramway network with the following lines: 1) to Epsom via Surbiton, Tolworth, and Ewell Village (running on Wood St, Eden St, Brook St, Penrhyn Rd, Surbiton Rd, Surbiton Hill Rd, Ewell Rd, Tolworth Bway, Kingston Rd, High St Ewell, Epsom Rd, East St, High St Epsom, Waterloo Rd, Station Appr) 2) to Leatherhead via Surbiton, Chessington, and Chessington WOA (branching off (1), from Ewell Rd running on Ditton Rd, Hook Rd, Leatherhead Rd, ROW parallel to Kingston Rd, alongside the railway, Station Appr, Station Rd, North St, High St Leatherhead) 3) to Heathrow T4 via Hampton Court, Hampton, and Feltham (running on Wood St, Clarence St, Kingston Bridge, Hampton Ct Rd, Church St, High St Hampton, Uxbridge Rd, Hampton Rd W, Uxbridge Rd, Hanworth Rd, Hounslow Rd, Bedfont La, Staines Rd, Gt SW Rd, then into the Airport) 4) to Weybridge via Hampton Court, East Molesey, and Walton-on-Thames (branching off (3), from Hampton Ct Rd running on Hampton Ct Bridge, Bridge Rd, Walton Rd, Terrace Rd, High St Walton, Ashley Rd, Queen's Rd, Hanger Hill, Station Appr) I love it. Trams past my front door again - took me back to trolleybuses past the door in the house I grew up in. However, some of those routes are a trifle optimistic. I don't quite see how you'd make some of the curves on those routes (very short trams needed!) and some roads like Ewell High Street would present a challenge - but you get my vote! Paul |
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Crossrail's a bit of a red herring as far as Kingston's transport
needs go. There are already two perfectly good railway lines to London and no-one would want to get onto the District/NLL or any line running through over it at Richmond as it's so bloody slow. The directions poorly served are on the other side of the town. What I'd recommend would be a tramway network with the following lines: 1) to Epsom via Surbiton, Tolworth, and Ewell Village (running on Wood St, Eden St, Brook St, Penrhyn Rd, Surbiton Rd, Surbiton Hill Rd, Ewell Rd, Tolworth Bway, Kingston Rd, High St Ewell, Epsom Rd, East St, High St Epsom, Waterloo Rd, Station Appr) 2) to Leatherhead via Surbiton, Chessington, and Chessington WOA (branching off (1), from Ewell Rd running on Ditton Rd, Hook Rd, Leatherhead Rd, ROW parallel to Kingston Rd, alongside the railway, Station Appr, Station Rd, North St, High St Leatherhead) 3) to Heathrow T4 via Hampton Court, Hampton, and Feltham (running on Wood St, Clarence St, Kingston Bridge, Hampton Ct Rd, Church St, High St Hampton, Uxbridge Rd, Hampton Rd W, Uxbridge Rd, Hanworth Rd, Hounslow Rd, Bedfont La, Staines Rd, Gt SW Rd, then into the Airport) 4) to Weybridge via Hampton Court, East Molesey, and Walton-on-Thames (branching off (3), from Hampton Ct Rd running on Hampton Ct Bridge, Bridge Rd, Walton Rd, Terrace Rd, High St Walton, Ashley Rd, Queen's Rd, Hanger Hill, Station Appr) I love it. Trams past my front door again - took me back to trolleybuses past the door in the house I grew up in. However, some of those routes are a trifle optimistic. I don't quite see how you'd make some of the curves on those routes (very short trams needed!) and some roads like Ewell High Street would present a challenge - but you get my vote! Thanks! I guess by optimistic, you're suggesting my American-style Interurban to Leatherhead is a bit much! As far as the route to Epsom goes, the section as far as where the Ewell By-Pass branches off the Kingston Rd isn't a problem - the trams could even have their own lanes down the middle of the A240 dual carriageway (that REALLY would bring a smile to my face in rush hour)! With Ewell High St, the really problematic section would be from the Chessington Rd to the sharp right outside the Star (where that awful mini-roundabout is). Ideally I'd like to make this bit trams and pedestrians only (it would certainly make crossing the road a lot less lethal), maybe with a bit of gauntletted/single track to deal with the curves. |
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I love it. Trams past my front door again - took me back to trolleybuses
past the door in the house I grew up in. However, some of those routes are a trifle optimistic. I don't quite see how you'd make some of the curves on those routes (very short trams needed!) and some roads like Ewell High Street would present a challenge - but you get my vote! I'm a bit mystified by all these tram routes in that none of them seem to go to Surbiton Station itself, 5 trains an hour to Waterloo, 15 minutes at the fastest, surely must be the focus of public transport in the Kingston area? The 65 tram (from Ealing) went down Claremont Road, turned right at the station then left up Brighton Road/Hook Road terminating at the North Star. Surely if a Chessington World of Adventure/M25 Park and Ride route is being planned that is the natural route for Kingson/Surbiton/Chessington? Okay the left turn outside the YMCA is a pig but couldn't it wend via St Mary's Road/Cottage Grove or some other detour? Victoria Road would look nice pedestrianised. Actually, yes, that's a good idea (I've just noticed my Epsom route would turn into a total 406 clone). Connections from Surbiton station to London wouldn't be too important - Kingston, Tolworth, Chessington, Ewell, and Epsom all have perfectly good trains to London of their own. However, the fast line platforms there would make it very useful for connections the other way (say to Portsmouth, Southampton etc). |
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