Kensington Olympia station in the 80s.
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PacificOcean
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Pendant!
There originally was a Chelsea & Fulham station right next to the ground, but it closed in the 40's - I think?
Even if it is, its paid for by the developer so whats the harm (aside from delays to people already on board) - exactly the right principle that developers should pay for transport improvements near their developments so that new residents aren't locked in to car dependency
PacificOcean
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No, this is why it took years.
The developers were wrangling with TFL & Hammersmith & Fulham council over who should pay for it.
In the end, the developers only paid a small percentage towards it, with the rest of us picking up the tab.
PacificOcean
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Leafster
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Comme d'habitude then !
I Googled that and I am stillas to the reference.
"It's always the way" as in:
It's alway us that gets shafted.
As opposed to the original of "My Way"
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
"It's always the way" as in:
It's alway us that gets shafted.
As opposed to the original of "My Way"
*educated*
davesgcr
Reading books
Basically - developers push for a station , promise the earth , and put in a couple of pennies "support" (section 106) - taxpayer in one form or other coughs up the capital and the ongoing revenue /staff costs.
Not to say that any new station is a bad thing of course......
Not to say that any new station is a bad thing of course......
not-bono-ever
meh
the mrs worked at earls court for a while - IIRC the EC car park was the motorail car park as well - im pretty sure the location of this was critical for the old EC car shows of years ago, before they went elsewhere
skyscraper101
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Sad that there is only one mainline train service (Southern) stopping at Kensington Olympia these days which only does one route, Milton Keynes to East Croydon.
I remember only recently being able to get trains direct to Gatwick with Southern and Virgin, First Great western to Reading, Virgin to Manchester Piccadilly. We even used to see the Eurostar pass by. Alas, All gone now
I remember only recently being able to get trains direct to Gatwick with Southern and Virgin, First Great western to Reading, Virgin to Manchester Piccadilly. We even used to see the Eurostar pass by. Alas, All gone now
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Sad that there is only one mainline train service (Southern) stopping at Kensington Olympia these days which only does one route, Milton Keynes to East Croydon.
I remember only recently being able to get trains direct to Gatwick with Southern and Virgin, First Great western to Reading, Virgin to Manchester Piccadilly. We even used to see the Eurostar pass by. Alas, All gone now
See this thread - http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=275873
(Are you sure First Great Western used to go there by the way??)
skyscraper101
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Yeah I saw that last year. It is interesting.
Come to think of it, it might have been Virgin running the train to Reading (Not FGW) that I got on. It went to the junction by Acton mainline and then joined the main GWR route down to reading. Dead convenient as the station is walking distance from my flat. Now I have to go to sodding Paddington instead to go to Reading by train.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yeah I think it would have been when Virgin were running the Crosscountry franchise (which used to run a few trains into Paddington too, but not any more).
it was an all day thing when i lived round the corner from there in 1992
ive even drunkenly crossed the track, the only live tube line ive ever crossed whilst being screamed at by trainspotters to stop or id die
the first eurostar trains went through there
They were probably on their way to/from the North Pole depot alongside the Great Western mainline.
skyscraper101
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Its sad how under serviced the whole station is now.
Even when I moved here there were plenty of destinations you could travel in North or South and the Eurostar every evening passing through. Now, hardly anything.
Even when I moved here there were plenty of destinations you could travel in North or South and the Eurostar every evening passing through. Now, hardly anything.
Interesting!
Wonder if there's any photos from that time?I've been on a Eurostar that ended up getting diverted into it at silly o'clock in the morning.
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Stupidly under utlised
A few more stations, say sheperds bush/white city and something on the south bank before clapham and it becomes viable for commuters - its part of the Metro/overground outer circle concept so its insane that they have so few stations on it - plus it enables thru trains from anywhere west and northwest of london down to the southcoast - cant see any real reason why it isn't used more
TBH is was a loss maker from day one, was once owned by the district railway pre all the 1920 shenanigans - at one point, pre WW1 I think you could have a got a direct train from Whitechapel to Clapham
A few more stations, say sheperds bush/white city and something on the south bank before clapham and it becomes viable for commuters - its part of the Metro/overground outer circle concept so its insane that they have so few stations on it - plus it enables thru trains from anywhere west and northwest of london down to the southcoast - cant see any real reason why it isn't used more
TBH is was a loss maker from day one, was once owned by the district railway pre all the 1920 shenanigans - at one point, pre WW1 I think you could have a got a direct train from Whitechapel to Clapham
Doppelgänger
There's only one of me!
There already is a new railway station at Shepherd's Bush and there is also a new station at Imperial Wharf (although this near the north bank of the Thames).
You'll be able to once again when the East London Line section of the London Overground opens, but it is still a few years off I think......... Phase II(III) or something?
skyscraper101
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For a proper step back in time, you should go to the waiting room of the ticket hall in Kensington Olympia - its like something from the seventies. Nobody ever uses it to actually wait for trains - still there's comfy seats, plastic plants, and proper toilets.
It's only a matter of time before they just make it into a ticket office and sell of the unused spare room
It's only a matter of time before they just make it into a ticket office and sell of the unused spare room
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Used it a few months ago for a Travel fair. Used to use it when there was a tube strike on... I always used to think it looked a bit lonely (on the tube map)... as if no other stops wanted to be mates with it...
