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No Name December 9th 07 08:29 AM

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Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?



gw2486 December 9th 07 10:48 AM

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On 9 Dec, 09:29, wrote:
Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


What?? They closed Blake Hall without telling me? :p

No Name December 9th 07 11:02 AM

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"gw2486" wrote in message
...
On 9 Dec, 09:29, wrote:
Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


What?? They closed Blake Hall without telling me? :p


Lol I know it was famous for only having six customers before it closed.



John Rowland December 9th 07 12:34 PM

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wrote:
"gw2486" wrote in message
...
On 9 Dec, 09:29, wrote:
Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


What?? They closed Blake Hall without telling me? :p


Lol I know it was famous for only having six customers before it
closed.


One every 22 years?



Tom Anderson December 9th 07 01:30 PM

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On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, wrote:

Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


Disused London station names suitable for use as pseudonyms:

Blake Hall
Mark Lane
Victoria Park
Lee Bridge (justifiable respelling)
King William Street (marginal)

tom

--
The most successful people are those who are good at plan B. --
James Yorke

Chris Read December 9th 07 02:11 PM

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wrote:

Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


Roding Valley, IIRC, on the assumption you are referring to London
Underground stations only.

Chris



MIG December 10th 07 05:30 PM

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On 9 Dec, 15:11, "Chris Read" wrote:
wrote:
Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


Roding Valley, IIRC, on the assumption you are referring to London
Underground stations only.

Chris


I wonder why that would be? It's in a built-up area. But maybe
people walk to Buckhurst Hill or Woodford to get a direct/more
frequent train.

Chris Read December 10th 07 09:24 PM

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"MIG" wrote:


"Chris Read" wrote:
wrote:
Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


Roding Valley, IIRC, on the assumption you are referring to London
Underground stations only.

I wonder why that would be? It's in a built-up area. But maybe
people walk to Buckhurst Hill or Woodford to get a direct/more
frequent train.


The other issue is that Roding Valley isn't a 'destination'. It has almost
nothing nearby in terms of shops, local employment, schools etc. It is also
poorly served by buses, so has little use as an interchange. The same
comments, albeit to a lesser extent, apply to the other Hainault Loop
stations - Chigwell and Grange Hill, and in the same neck of the woods,
Fairlop. All these stations are situated in relatively affluent areas of
high car ownership.

Chris



Richard J.[_2_] December 10th 07 11:01 PM

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Chris Read wrote:
wrote:

Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


Roding Valley, IIRC, on the assumption you are referring to London
Underground stations only.


The LU station stats for 2006 are at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/mode...ound/1592.aspx
(You used to be able to get to it via "Corporate" and then "London
Underground", but the link from there seems to have disappeared in the last
week or so.)

Roding Valley does appear to be the least used (0.179 million entries/exits
per annum), followed I think by Grange Hill at 0.287 million.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)



Peter Smyth December 10th 07 11:40 PM

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"Richard J." wrote in message
.uk...
Chris Read wrote:
wrote:

Now that Blake Hall is closed which is now the least used station?


Roding Valley, IIRC, on the assumption you are referring to London
Underground stations only.


The LU station stats for 2006 are at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/mode...ound/1592.aspx
(You used to be able to get to it via "Corporate" and then "London
Underground", but the link from there seems to have disappeared in the
last week or so.)

Roding Valley does appear to be the least used (0.179 million
entries/exits per annum), followed I think by Grange Hill at 0.287
million.


If you go back to 2003 then both Grange Hill and Chigwell were lower than
Roding Valley but for some reason the Roding Valley figures have remained
constant while the other two have increased significantly.

Peter Smyth




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