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Ken says yes to Crystal Palace tram extension
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, I was basing my claim on what I'd heard in the December 2002 London LRTA meeting. Having since checked the Croydontramlink yahoogroup, I was rather dismayed to find that they'd abandoned the part of the plan to venture into Crystal Palace Park to reach the top of the hill. It seems someone important wants Crystal Palace Park kept the way it is. Having been there last year, I can't imagine why! There are far too many fences, and a lot of the space seems to be wasted on car parking. and Anerley station hardly has a suitable service to interchange with. It can easily be improved. Good point. Anerley's 2tph both go to Croydon anyway, so there's better interchange available there. Beckenham via Croydon would be quite a detour. Besides, if the trams just follow the existing railway line to Crystal Palace, then they won't even go anyhere near Anerley station! They couldn't follow the existing railway line to Crystal Palace if they wanted to, as it will still be used for trains to Croydon. 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... Are you sure there aren't the paths at Norwood Junction? What's limiting their number? |
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