Brixton news, rumour and general chat - Sept 2015

[teuchter]

I think they should erect temporary platforms on the "Catford Loop" tracks to service the premises. Only way we'll get a full service railway station back in Brixton (platforms closed 1925 I think, but I'm sure teuchter will put us right on that)

If you are hoping for an Overground stop in Brixton then the Catford Loop line platforms are no good. Which is why Brixton East is a more viable candidate for reopening. You could run into Victoria from the Catford loop platforms but you'd have to have a good argument as to why lots of valuable track capacity should be lost to give Brixton a train service to Victoria when it's already got a tube line serving that purpose.

 

[CH1]

If you are hoping for an Overground stop in Brixton then the Catford Loop line platforms are no good. Which is why Brixton East is a more viable candidate for reopening. You could run into Victoria from the Catford loop platforms but you'd have to have a good argument as to why lots of valuable track capacity should be lost to give Brixton a train service to Victoria when it's already got a tube line serving that purpose.

Surely there is already at least one service on that line stopping at Denmark Hill. It would simply be a matter of (re)introducing a stop at Brixton. At least we could go to Peckham, Nunhead and Lewisham - if not to the holy grail of Canary Wharf!

 

[SpamMisery]

.....You could run into Victoria from the Catford loop platforms but you'd have to have a good argument as to why lots of valuable track capacity should be lost to give Brixton a train service to Victoria when it's already got a tube line serving that purpose.

I'm confused. The overland already goes to Victoria from Brixton doesn't it?

 

[SpamMisery]

Surely we've reached Peak Burger by now? And yet still not a decent curry in the centre of town.

You would have thought so wouldn't you? They must think there's a market for it. Plus, I guess, most of them are only a few tables each so seems like a lot of restaurants but maybe works out to be relatively small square footage?

Even so, I'd rather something other than another burger bar

 

[CH1]

I'm confused. The overland already goes to Victoria from Brixton doesn't it?

I was thinking of outward journeys to the more salubrious suburbs. Why go to Victoria by train when you could go to Peckham (or Ramsgate)?

 

[brixtonblade]

Is the suggestion of reopening brixton east at all likely?

On a sort of related point (although not quite brixton) when is the decision about bringing the tube to camberwell due?

 

[editor]

Is the suggestion of reopening brixton east at all likely?

Hugely unlikely in the short term, I'd say.

 

[brixtonblade]

Figured!

 

[CH1]

On a sort of related point (although not quite brixton) when is the decision about bringing the tube to camberwell due?

If you want the latest - maybe try Camberwell Forum

SE5 forum AGM is tomorrow (see link). Regrettably it cashes with the LJAG meeting on the closure of Loughborough Road.

Its all happening transport-wise in Loughborough Junction area.

 

[editor]

Its all happening transport-wise in Loughborough Junction area.

The area truly is "in motion."

 

[bolgerp]

I meant to post up about that before. They're going for 11am-midnight alcohol licence.

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Isn't 12 pm conventionally mid day? Therefore they're applying for a one hour alcohol license!!

 

[teuchter]

Surely there is already at least one service on that line stopping at Denmark Hill. It would simply be a matter of (re)introducing a stop at Brixton. At least we could go to Peckham, Nunhead and Lewisham - if not to the holy grail of Canary Wharf!

I'm confused. The overland already goes to Victoria from Brixton doesn't it?

Yes there are already trains into Victoria from the existing platforms. They come off the Herne Hill line.

Any trains using the Catford Loop platforms would be running between Denmark Hill and Victoria. But at the moment there's only about one per hour in each direction passing through. You could get them to stop and maybe the impact on the timetable would be manageable. The stretch of the line between Brixton and Denmark Hill (more accurately, Cambria Junction where the line to Blackfriars diverges) is quite lightly used but the problem is that as soon as you get to Denmark Hill / Cambria Junction the pair of tracks are then heavily used by the Thameslink services going to Blackfriars/Farringdon etc. Additionally, immediately west of Brixton they join into the tracks from Herne Hill which are also heavily used.

So, maybe you could add an hourly service by stopping the small number of trains that pass through those platforms at the moment. But adding in new services would be difficult. It's hard to make an argument for it.

There's definitely more of a case for opening Brixton East I'd say.

And, reopening the Denmark Hill platforms at Loughborough Junction.

 

[editor]

Isn't 12 pm conventionally mid day? Therefore they're applying for a one hour alcohol license!!

Well, it's open to debate.

MIDNIGHT is 12pm. One must recognise the difference between points in time and periods of time. Midnight is the zero point in time when we start to build up 24 one-hour periods of time to make up a new day. So midnight is the point 0am. After a period of one hour we reach the point in time called 1am, and after 12 periods of one hour we reach the point called noon. At noon the 13th one-hour period starts, ending at point 1pm. This process continues up to the point 11pm when the 24th period of one hour starts. This period ends in the middle of the night, 12 hours after noon at the point midnight or 12pm.
Is midnight 12pm or 12am? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk

 

[bolgerp]

Which is why everyone should use the 24 hour clock!

 

[bolgerp]

The debate continues.... and this is from Wikipedia, so it MUST be right! 12-hour clock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[editor]

Which is why everyone should use the 24 hour clock!

I always use 'noon' or 'midnight.' Problem solved.

 

[SpamMisery]

I'll be honest with you teuchter, all I understood was the word 'trains'. After that my eyes glazed over. I'm just gonna take it you know what you're on about and accept it

 

[aussw9]

24 hour clock all the way

 

[editor]

You can pick up a copy of Time Out frm the tube station if you're passing by. It's still a pale shadow of its glorious past, but vastly improved over recent years. It's free anyway!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Some hope. Boom has yet to open (will it ever?). And Hush rarely does

Perhaps Joshy-Boom's "auntie", whose recipes he nicked, tracked him down, beat him up, and stuffed him with Scotch Bonnets.

 

[teuchter]

I'm just gonna take it you know what you're on about and accept it

You set a good example for the rest of the u75 postership. It's a failure to adopt this kind of attitude that is contributing to the ruination of these boards.

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Was another hectic Saturday at the foodbank this weekend. We're in need of carrier bags to pack food in, if anyone has a big bag of bags under the sink they're willing to part with they'd be very welcome!

 

[Manter]

Was another hectic Saturday at the foodbank this weekend. We're in need of carrier bags to pack food in, if anyone has a big bag of bags under the sink they're willing to part with they'd be very welcome!

Where can I drop them? Anything else you need urgently?

 

[editor]

Was another hectic Saturday at the foodbank this weekend. We're in need of carrier bags to pack food in, if anyone has a big bag of bags under the sink they're willing to part with they'd be very welcome!

Do you want me to give it another push on Buzz? Mail me the details if so.

 

[snowy_again]

Various Brixton and local neighbours Big Dig thing this weekend

London

 

[teuchter]

Various Brixton and local neighbours Big Dig thing this weekend

London

Strangely the Pop "farm" is listed but not the Loughborough Junction one.

 

[Ms T]

Where can I drop them? Anything else you need urgently?

This. Have tons of carrier bags.

 

[Peanut Monkey]

Was another hectic Saturday at the foodbank this weekend. We're in need of carrier bags to pack food in, if anyone has a big bag of bags under the sink they're willing to part with they'd be very welcome!

We've got a few. What's the best way to get them to you?

 

[editor]

Surely there is already at least one service on that line stopping at Denmark Hill. It would simply be a matter of (re)introducing a stop at Brixton. At least we could go to Peckham, Nunhead and Lewisham - if not to the holy grail of Canary Wharf!

Just look at all the destinations that are out of reach!

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Cheers Manter , @MsT , and Peanut Monkey - anyone who has spare bags they can give can drop them in at the foodbank, which is at St. Paul's Church, Ferndale Road (by the Duke of Edinburgh) on Saturday or Tuesday mornings, 10am-1pm, or else I'm happy to stop by and collect them from home / pub / work /wherever.

editor - thanks, gonna drop you a mail!