Tuesday, March 08, 2005
EUROSTAR and HERNE HILL
(OK, of course we'd love it to stop at Herne Hill, but it won't!!).
Eurostar services will, however, stop going through Herne Hill once the new North London Terminus opens in 2007, and the Herne Hill Forum Chair is already putting forward ideas to Councillors, Transport Heads and the Train Companies to ensure that maximum use is made of the vacant "slots" this will create.
The option that was mooted to us was an increase in services to Victoria, creating a 15 minute service for much of the day but there is another exciting option which we are bringing to the fore: namely that a new service West Dulwich or Tulse Hill --Herne Hill -- Brixton -- Waterloo is created, mirroring the existing Eurostar route. For Southwark and Lambeth residents this would create an approximately 10 minute journey time from Herne Hill to Waterloo (two thirds faster than the 68 bus) and open up connections to the Jubilee, City, Bakerloo and Northern lines. Such a service could utilise the vacant platform space which will be created at Waterloo when Eurostar ceases, whereas Victoria may be unable to accommodate extra services.
We shall return to this subject at future Herne Hill Public Meetings, so watch for news of this on forthcoming Agendas during the spring and summer of 2005.
(OK, of course we'd love it to stop at Herne Hill, but it won't!!).
Eurostar services will, however, stop going through Herne Hill once the new North London Terminus opens in 2007, and the Herne Hill Forum Chair is already putting forward ideas to Councillors, Transport Heads and the Train Companies to ensure that maximum use is made of the vacant "slots" this will create.
The option that was mooted to us was an increase in services to Victoria, creating a 15 minute service for much of the day but there is another exciting option which we are bringing to the fore: namely that a new service West Dulwich or Tulse Hill --Herne Hill -- Brixton -- Waterloo is created, mirroring the existing Eurostar route. For Southwark and Lambeth residents this would create an approximately 10 minute journey time from Herne Hill to Waterloo (two thirds faster than the 68 bus) and open up connections to the Jubilee, City, Bakerloo and Northern lines. Such a service could utilise the vacant platform space which will be created at Waterloo when Eurostar ceases, whereas Victoria may be unable to accommodate extra services.
We shall return to this subject at future Herne Hill Public Meetings, so watch for news of this on forthcoming Agendas during the spring and summer of 2005.
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