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That's Diamond Beeching, that is.
On a more pedantic note, is Angel Road closing and a new station opening nearby, or is the replacement technically the same station?
dg writes: Updated, thanks.
With the Tramlink route to Sutton now secured as a planning policy, there is also talk of restoring double track to Belmont, either for trains or to use one track for trams to the Cancer Hub/school.
The first five of your "London's ten busiest "non-TfL" stations outside zone 1" includes three on the Overground (albeit not the main flow), and three on the Underground - and if they qualify surely Stratford and Romford (whose figures lie between Putney's and Balham's) do too?
dg writes: My list excludes stations managed by TfL, so no Stratford or Romford.
Ten stations (non z1) with no LO, TfL Rail, or LU service:
East Croydon, Lewisham (the DLR station has a separate barrier line), Surbiton, Putney, Balham, Bromley South, Earlsfield, Sutton, Twickenham, Kingston
dg writes: Over the last ten years, Barry Links and Tees-Side Airport have been in the top 10 every year, Coombe Junction and Reddish South nine times, Buckenham eight times and Breich seven.
Liverpool Central is the interchange between the two Merseyrail lines. It only has three platforms, all of them under ground.
Interesting, however both these stations are owned by Network Rail so you could choose either way. But your site, so your rules, fair enough.
Epsom Downs is in Surrey. If it had been included as part of "London" last year it would have been No 6.
Maybe his definition of "London" has changed to include all stations on Oyster. (The station has been in Oysterland since 2006)
Wot, a year earlier than the other tables?
dg writes: Fixed, thanks.
that's because i sorted mine by stations in Zones 1-6, and based it on that. Epsom Downs (in Z6) though is indeed actually outside of the Greater London Boundary... my bad.
The eastern end of the Goblin route would get a boost if were to be connected to the Central Line at Leytonstone High Road > Leytonstone, similarly to Hackney Downs > Hackney Central.
Plenty of scope for new passengers on The Loughton > Woodford > Barking axis.
I see that there's a Methodology and Validation Report but it's heavy going, so I'm hoping someone can provide a quick answer.
dg writes: Can you bear to watch a video?
Salisbury (2,075,866) has fewer entries and exits than Abbey Wood (2,988,802), Bexleyheath (3,070,198), Blackheath (3,468,992), Catford Bridge (2,549,568), Chadwell Heath (3,883,758), Crystal Palace (3,646,690), Eltham (2,387,308), Feltham (4,314,704), Grove Park (2,607,402), Hayes & Harlington (3,844,544), Hither Green (3,371,600), Kingston (5,440,164), New Eltham (2,231,694), New Malden (2,981,406), Norbiton (2,334,570), Orpington (5,155,016), Petts Wood (2,273,484), Purley (3,029,276), Putney (8,867,818), Raynes Park (4,432,044), Southall (2,683,640), Streatham (2,707,566), Streatham Common (4,077,140), Streatham Hill (2,233,836), Surbiton (9,376,696), Teddington (2,234,070), Thornton Heath (3,390,804), Tottenham Hale (7,939,000), Twickenham (5,924,016), Wandsworth Town (4,087,026), Welling (2,667,122), West Hampstead Thmslnk (3,690,190), Woolwich Arsenal (3,647,666), Worcester Park (2,366,392)
I've left off nearly all the Overground stations as many are higher anyway, as well as most of the TfL ones out of Liverpool Street and ones already mentioned in the top ten for the same reason.
There are stations in larger cities with similar stats to Salisbury's. Try Plymouth, for example.
Ten of those London suburban stations have more passengers than both of Portsmouth's stations combined - and their stats presumably include passengers travelling to and from the Isle of Wight.
However, it apparently doesn't deserve this accolade as you can't buy tickets there. Brian Boyd, an independent councillor on Angus council, said that people buy them at Carnoustie, one stop down the line. He personally assures us that at least a dozen passengers get off each and every tea-time train, the only one of the day.
dg writes: Geoff and Vicki's video from August suggests otherwise.
However, the timetable says the train calls at 19:13 for the two mile journey to Carnoustie. In the reverse direction to Dundee it stops at 6:08. I'll have to watch the video to check on the veracity of Cllr Boyd's claim.
None of that is to decry the legitimate needs of towns and cities in the rest of the UK before people get testy! They just start from a lower base than London in many instances.
Canada Water is quite properly an underground station, and it is only a reclassification of the old underground Shoreditch line extension that now makes it a "NR station". The significant statistic for users takes no consideration of the passengers who interchange rather than starting/ending their journey in the daylight up top.
Mixing stations including interchange figures, and start/finish journeys does not show a true representation. My guess is that 40%+ at Canada Water are interchangers only.
Chicken and egg - why did they have such a poor service (one a day, or even one a week........) in the first place, even when, as in most cases, there is a train service passing through? In most cases, these "least used" stations are in sparsely populated areas, or there is a nearby station on another line with a better service. It costs money, in fuel and wear and tear, for a train to call at a station, and adds to the journey time for everyone else. If no-one is using the station anyway, why stop there?
This 'split ticketing' brings the cost of Gatwick - London Bridge down from £14.70 (peak) to £10.50, and from £8.30 (off peak) to £6.50.
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