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Isn't it "Out in the Styx"
As in the River Styx?
Max Roberts | Homepage | 05.03.12 - 7:07 a.m. | #
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I do think Greater Anglia will find any excuse to provide Angel Road with the minimum service possible - the two-track stretch up to Broxbourne is a bottleneck on the network, and once all the fast Stansted/Cambridge trains are accounted for the local stopping trains/stations between Northumberland Park and Waltham X are regarded as an inconvenience. Even when Angel Road had an off peak service the best you would get was one an hour.
Conversely, the parallel 192 bus service suffers from quite severe overcrowding & is still getting busier.
Nico | 05.03.12 - 8:13 a.m. | #
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But around 100 people still use it each weekday.
Andrew | 05.03.12 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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Of course, if Boris/Ken gets his way, this station will become part of TfL's London Overground, and then who knows what will happen...
Dan | 05.03.12 - 9:02 a.m. | #
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The big thing is if they can four track the line here. Which is on the wish list of projects. They want to introduce 4 trains an hour to all stations South of Brimsdown to Stratford. Some stations would lose stops on other services though.
Rational Plan | 05.03.12 - 9:21 a.m. | #
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I'd say that peeling sticker on the Angel Road station sign (top photo) says it all.
Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 05.03.12 - 9:27 a.m. | #
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Two down, three to go... (Oh, go on, you know you want to.)
swirlythingy | Homepage | 05.03.12 - 10:24 a.m. | #
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The closest station to Ikea has no service at the weekend. Says it all really.
You only have to go to Tramlink's Ampere Way on a Sunday morning to see the demand that Ikea can generate for a decent public transport service.
Marc | 05.03.12 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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When the Ikea thing was opened there was much waffle about sustainability especially concerning transport. I recall there was even a short lived parking charge as some kind of sop. Surely an opportunity was missed here to secure a section 106 planning agreement with the developer to improve access at Angel Road, including an entrance onto Meridian Way.
There has as others mention been talk about improving the 'West Anglia Main Line', including four tracking either to Brimsdown or Broxbourne. This would obviously require Angel Road station to be rebuilt (or closed?).
The TfL plans for the takeover of the line would I believe encompass a total route upgrade similar to that on the North London Line, with vastly improved frequencies, and presumably improved (and staffed) stations. Watch this space.
Lorezo | 05.03.12 - 10:33 a.m. | #
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A really well written and thought-provoking blog entry. Many thanks.
Richard | 05.03.12 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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Ikea, perhaps aware of Angel Road's shortcomings, advertise Tottenham Hale as the station to use, and have even renamed their store from Edmonton to Tottenham!
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/store/edmonton/findus
Dan | 05.03.12 - 10:55 a.m. | #
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Dan, the maps on that website are truly appalling. Even the driving directions are wrong, the A10 doesn't go to Angel Corner. The bus one is also unclear, seemingly only giving routes to the store, but not saying so. Whoever's job it was to produce these should hang their head in shame.
Lorezo | 05.03.12 - 11:24 a.m. | #
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Perhaps now that TFL accepts sponsorship of bits of its maps and cable cars by Emirates, they could approach IKEA to fund the new station and they could have the "IKEA Angel Road" station. Of course as with all the other TFL sponsorship deals, it would shortly be followed by a public sector TFL bailout.
KissenMe | 05.03.12 - 11:27 a.m. | #
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A few years ago I travelled from here to another local station. There was a little ticket booth then. The guy gave me the single ticket I needed - and it was numbered 0000! I assume that I was the first person who had ever wanted to go from Angel Road to my destination.
Bob | 05.03.12 - 11:43 a.m. | #
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Tottenham Hale is not even the second nearest station to IKEA - more like the seventh: Northumberland Park (1 train per hour for most of the day, on the Stratford - Bishops Stortford route) and Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, Silver Sreet and Edmonton Green (4tph, on the Liverpool Street - Enfield/Cheshunt route) are all closer. Silver Street has direct buses there too.
Timbo | 05.03.12 - 1:35 p.m. | #
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Tottenham Hale has a free bus service provided by Ikea which shuttles between the station and the store and is very much used by those living in the flats near Ikea as their personal transport to and from the station
amber | 05.03.12 - 5:30 p.m. | #
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Oop North where I come from oop North, my local station had only 2000 people using it all year. We 'ad it 'ard. Mind, it is only served by 4 trains each way and one on Winter Sundays.
David | 05.03.12 - 5:35 p.m. | #
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Travelled from Rye House through Angel Road to Liverpool Street many many times in the '70s and '80s. Sad to say it was no better then that it is now.
Buzz | Homepage | 05.03.12 - 5:40 p.m. | #
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I happened to use this station travelling northbound to visit IKEA when it was dark and also raining. Boy, was it a horrible experience. At first I couldn't even figure out how to get out of the station and had to spend long time walking up and down being absolutely horrified and abhorred by everything I was seeing. So on my way back I took walk to Northumberland Park. Never will I ever use that station again.
G | 18.07.16 - 11:28 a.m. | #
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