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This reply from Caroline Pidgeon Thank you for raising concerns about overcrowding at Denmark Hill, I agree that the overcrowding there is unacceptable and that another entrance/exit point is needed. I have been on a site visit to the station with Govia Thameslink Railway and they have applied to the Government for funding to open another entrance on Windsor walk. I?m not sure where the funding bid is at the moment and so have been in touch with Govia to try and get confirmation on the matter.

I sent the links to both threads to Caroline Pidgeon whose profile is here: http://www.carolinepidgeon.org (She is a transport bod, in short.)

Taking the ramp form the stairs at the southern end of the platforms you pass a small concrete staircase - it's even got handrails, I think - that could easily have been/be another exit/entrance. As to why there is no exit on the other side (the road that is blocked off whose name I do not know) it baffles me. A busy station is good because it shows there is demand but when the station is not designed for such large amounts of people it will come back to haunt those in charge.

They're ok, not great and not awful. There's nothing stopping individual businesses going to town or even Teaming up with neighbouring places without council help. W

To be fair, leaves on the line has not been a problem - at least in the laughably big way it was - for the past couple of years. I think the Overground options has really helped but a big boost would be a station at C Green, to help take the strain and thereby make bus travel less unpleasant along the Walworth Road. We won't get a Tube station so it really is a case of being savvy with what we've got - delaying or bring forward travel times, walking more, being mindful that buses do have upstairs and roomy interiors and not hogging the lower deck. (It sounds trivial but speedy boarding can help cut delays when you add all the wasted minutes up.)

How does this affect uses in SE22/15/21 who generally use N and E Dulwich and Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill stations, none of which are mentioned in the page from the link? By signing for more trains from these stations would people be then taking trains away from the stations I just mentioned?

I hope it helps but it will only be in the mid-term, not soon. In the meantime, we have micro-improvements, like new buses and the hopper fare, but not much more around here. Walking is free and easy and sometimes quicker!

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Surely the type of stove is the determiner of how much pollution is created, as well as the type of fuel. (If it is wood on an open fire - which I think is banned - it would be pretty horrendous.)

Michelle - what knowledge! It is great to have. Why not speak ot the manager and point him/her to this thread? I think it would buck their ideas up. (Or, you could approach a local paper, though I think the direct method would be better.)

I wrote to Caroline Pidgeon, asking her what GLA is doing about idling cars. It was tabled on 7/11 and there has been no reply to me, probably because there has been no reply to the question itself. She told me I would get one eventually....

I wrote to Caroline Pidgeon, asking her what GLA is doing about idling cars. It was tabled on 7/11 and there has been no reply to me, probably because there has been no reply to the question itself. She told me I would get one eventually.

If you see a blue, council bag on the road near a litter bin, put it on top. Thta way, the foxes will be less likely to rip it open. It is meant to be done by the council cleaners and generally they do it, but sometimes don't!

I read that CoOp may take over Costcutter, which would mean that the small shop (whose shutters are increasingly full of tagging that it refuses to take off or ask the council to do so) so that would mean two branches within yards of each other. FHR could be nicer if the pavements were sorted out and that BT phone box removed. It is generally OK so I hope the shops trying hard to make it better can get some support.

There is also - supposedly - road work at Denmark Hill, travelling north from ED station. I saw one lane cordoned off with cones this morning but no suggestion of any hole. I agree, it is a drag.

I saw one in PRP, on the lake island, at least five years ago. Never seen one there - or anywhere else - since.

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English person's view of N. Ireland Would this be different from a Welsh or Scottish view? The UK is not just England...

If you have an Amex card, try using it to get Network tickets. Each show has at least one ticket available, even when it said "sold out", at least from my reckoning.

I saw that some of them were ending at Aldwych. Is that going to be a more usual thing, I wonder? Heating is OK but if it is switched on at the factory and the driver CBA to switch it off once the day warms up it can be unpleasant. Glad they're here but I have to say I much prefer to walk as much as I can, especially as most people don't seem to be able to grasp the need to "move down inside" let alone go upstairs.