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Richmond town centre
Richard J. wrote:
It was probably the only available site, and it's not bad from an operational point of view, being just off the one-way system. But the stops on the roads in the town centre are more convenient for most people. Not really. One of the major stops near the Square is on a very thin sidewalk, and is so busy that people regularly spill out into the street. Very dangerous in heavy traffic, as it forces people to walk out in the street to avoid the crowds. Well, for a start, there's a public car park next to the station, though it might be possible to construct a different access to it. Not really. It's hemmed in by buildings on all sides. There were plans for pedestrianisation in the 1970s which never came to anything. Not sure if the subject has been raised more recently. Church Road is fine off-peak for traffic entering Richmond from the A316, but in the other direction tailbacks from the Richmond Circus roundabout (A316/A307 junction) clog the right turn out of Church Road. The problem with the inner parts of Richmond (i.e. George Street and the Quad) is that it is used by everyone coming inward from the A305 Sheen Rd., Richmond Bridge via Hill Street and Petersham Road to get onto the A316. If more people went via Queens Road to Sheen Road, across the Windsor lines and down into the Manor Road area, it could improve things enormously. |
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