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Possibly a cheaper alternative would be to supply some secure bike parking at ELL stations. Siduhe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James Barber Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hi Nero, > > Proposals to extend the no.63 to Honor Oak were > > suggested about two years ago ansd were part of > > the May election campaign. Throughout Transport > > for London siad insufficient users forecast. > > I think I posted this at the time, but I still > think it was particularly sneaky of TFL to carry > out the survey of the 63 and 363 buses on the > Tuesday after a Bank Holiday and then to rely on > the results to suggest these routes were not > likely to carry sufficient extra users to need > changing.

...I suppose they're on the outskirts of Camberwell. The fact remains that SE London has only 10 tube stations (or worse, 3 if you class zone 1 as 'central London). This is out of a total of around 268. No one can seriously argue that SE London is not very poorly served by the tube network. The rail network within inner SE is on the whole irregular, overcrowded and unreliable. There are one or two exceptions. The new overground / east Lodnon line trains are excellent, but atypical in terms of the general state of public transport in SE London.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > doesn't Dulwich have 3 existing train stations? yes, dulwich does have 3 stations, but Walworth and Camberwell for example, have none. Southeast London as a whole only has 10 tube stations and 7 of which are in zone 1 (so central london really). I just think that any extension of the northern line from Kennington should come south east (to help fill a little of the gaping hole in the tube map). Also, hwile it's true that developers of Battersea may contribute ?200m to any extension, the overall cost will be somewhere in the region of ?663m, so not an insignificant bill to the tax payer. Crossrail which largely involves increasing the already exceptional tube provision in west london, is costing ?15.9 billion. Yet, always the reason why lines cannot be extended, even into inner SE London, is that it's too expensive. Pesonally, any future expansion south of the river, should involve improving infrastructure in what is clearly the most poorly served quater of London.

Just been reading about plans to extend the Northern Line from Kennington to Nine Elms and Battersea!?!? Yes, the Battersea with three existing train stations and excellent existing transport links. It does seem that the public transport strategy for London is to saturate west London with as much transport as possible (crossrail anyone?), whilst doing everything possible to ensure that southeast london continues to be completely whitewashed from the transport map.

Personally, I take the train to London Bridge and then the jubilee line to Bond Street. Avoid the 12 bus, it's a bendy / cattle truck - absolutely horrible.

ruffers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I never get these threads. Forest Hill or East > Dulwich to London Bridge isn't any slower than a > tube would be surely.. apart from late night > frequency but that's for most the exception, not > the daily rule. The train often takes longer than the 12 minutes claimed. My morning train takes closer to 20. An extension of the Bakerloo line would connect directly with far more places in central London - London Bridge is fine as a starting point for your journey, but for most it's not the destination. And the frequency is a big issue - Two trains an hour post 8 O'clock. Only four trains an hour, before 8 on Saturdays. And on Sunday, two trains an hour up to 10pm, in the rare event of their running at all! This is hardly a 'turn up and go' service. The tube has it's faults, but at least when it's running properly, the service is frequent and it takes you were you want to go quickly.

Medley Wrote: > Technical reasons - may be the most pressing being > not enough rich and connected people live in SE > London?! Yeah, I think this is probably closer to the truth. It amazes me that cross rail get's the go ahead, whilst SE london, which has crp transport can't even secure the much cheaper tram. Ealing really does need that forth tube station eh?

As I understand it, the tube tunnel does extend for some way down the walworth road (to Burgess Park) and is used for turning the trains. If the bakerloo line was extended, even just as far as Camberwell, it would massively improve journey times in inner SE London. I've always thought it would be a good idea to extend it underground to Camberwell, where it could prehaps surface onto what is now the strange little loop line on the Thameslink network. This wouldn't effect the rest of the Thameslink services which come in from the east and use the Walworth Road stretch of line and as the loop line which turns on itself at Tooting, only really serves inner London anyway, I'm sure no one would complain at it's being replaced by a tube service. Probably lot's of good technical reasons why this isn't possible I'm sure...

Pretty lame of Southwark to hold their only display at the very northern tip of the Borough. Could have held it somewhere more accessible to a greater number of residents - Burgess Park prehaps?

If someone's sitting in their car dealing drugs out of their window for 3 hours, you might want to consider reporting it to the police.

Anyone know why the bus stop outside East Dulwich station has been moved? There's no sign of any road works.

It's ridiculous that Waitrose don't own a single store with an 'SE' postcode. What's that about? Personally I'd like to see one in ED, or somewhere nearby. Would be funny if they opened one in Peckham, just for of the indignation it would cause amongst ED residents. The original post was clearly trolling by the way. Must have touched on something though as we're still talking about it 5 pages later.

James, great work on getting the baby changing sorted out. I too was amazed that it had been ommitted. Glad it's being sorted now.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > What does that mean? LIfe is subjective experience. Therefore the only type of meaning that matters / is in our control, relates to how we frame that experience, through our values and actions.

There is no way to be sure of anything, except of ones own subjective (filtered perception of) experience. Life is no more than this, or at least we can't be sure that it is. Therefore, if you want to find meaning in life, live by a set of personal values.

Saw the yellow house yesterday. WTF?!?? Wow, I feel for their neighbours. It's such a nice road as well.

The reality is that there need to be cuts and you can't just target them all at the poorest simply because it's less likely to upset the papers. If you earn ?44 K and have a familly in London, it's tough. But you're still better off than the vast majority. There is little doubt that it will be the poorest who really feel the pain, post 20th October. I would like to see the super rich, especially those in the city who contributed to the crash, burden a greater share. The government (despite a bit of empty rhetoric) have done nothing to reform the banking sector, nor to seriously press the banks to repay the debt they owe the taxpayer. I think this issue is a more appropriate target for peoples ire.

My 1 year old girl has taken to shoving her fingers down her throat. Today she vomitted twice after doing this. Does anyone else know of this problem, or how to stop it?

gwod Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People on Landells sometimes get into Dulwich > Village Infants ...and they will be having a bulge > in 2012 Don't you have to be (or pretend to be) practicing Christian?

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I got home this afternoon and chilled to Sabres Of > Paradise's Haunted Dancehall. Not played it ages. > Still sounds blooming marvellous. Bravo! Great album

chewing gum is a much bigger problem in my book. Oh, and dog sh*t. That really get's my goat, and let me assure you, I clear up after my goat.

Private School, public school, charity, or profitable private business - the same principle ought to apply... Show respect to local residents, don't block the highway and don't leave your engine running uneccessarily.

I agree about the number of pedestrian crossings on Lordship Lane (there needs to be at least one more). It can be very difficult to cross.

If one is going to bother differentiating between a shallow end and a deep end - then there should be a proper difference. There seems little point in having a shallow end and a shallower end.

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > However, my suggestion of a part tax payer funded NHS > supplemented by local fund raising efforts would > mean that the quality of the local hospital would > depend upon the quality of local support. The reality of this model would be poor hospitals in poor areas.