> Although Eastfields didn't open this morning as planned, TFL report that
> it opened at 16:00 today. For some reason, the BBC thought it wouldn't
> open until later this week:
>

>Although Eastfields didn't open this morning as planned, TFL report
>that it opened at 16:00 today. For some reason, the BBC thought it
>wouldn't open until later this week:

> Although Eastfields didn't open this morning as planned, TFL report that
> it opened at 16:00 today. For some reason, the BBC thought it wouldn't
> open until later this week:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7430762.stm
>

> I wonder what the delay was in opening the station - maybe it was just
> to keep 'first train enthusiasts' on their toes! (Or maybe just allow
> them a lie-in instead of a crack of dawn start...)

> [originally posted to uk.transport.london]
> [x-posted to uk.railway]
>
> On 2 Jun, 16:20, Paul Terry musonix.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> Although Eastfields didn't open this morning as planned, TFL report that
>> it opened at 16:00 today. For some reason, the BBC thought it wouldn't
>> open until later this week:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7430762.stm
>>

>
> The LDB would certainly seem to indicate it has indeed opened now:
>
> http://www.southernrailway.com/news.php?id=166&u=index.php
>
>
> For the record, Southern had this to say - it was evidently written
> before 4pm...
> http://www.southernrailway.com/news.php?id=166 ...

> On 2 Jun, 17:51, Mizter T gmail.com> wrote:
>

>> I wonder what the delay was in opening the station - maybe it was just
>> to keep 'first train enthusiasts' on their toes! (Or maybe just allow
>> them a lie-in instead of a crack of dawn start...)

>
> I went down there last night for a look just as the builders were
> packing up (I wasn't expecting it to open as early as today). The only
> things amiss were a few noticeboards hadn't been put up and one
> segment of the down platform's canopy was missing.
>
> The official line was that regulatory safety checks hadn't been done.
>

>
> On 2 Jun, 18:27, Mr Thant googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>

>> On 2 Jun, 17:51, Mizter T gmail.com> wrote:
>>

>>> I wonder what the delay was in opening the station - maybe it was just
>>> to keep 'first train enthusiasts' on their toes! (Or maybe just allow
>>> them a lie-in instead of a crack of dawn start...)

>>
>> I went down there last night for a look just as the builders were
>> packing up (I wasn't expecting it to open as early as today). The only
>> things amiss were a few noticeboards hadn't been put up and one
>> segment of the down platform's canopy was missing.
>>
>> The official line was that regulatory safety checks hadn't been done.
>>

> ...

>Can anyone say exactly how long this station took to be built - i.e.
>from the start the proper construction phase? It's certainly been
>fairly rapid - well under a year.

> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T gmail.com>
> wrote:
>

>>And is there anywhere else in Greater London which is similarly
>>deserving of a brand new railway station on an existing line?
>>
>>I suppose under that criteria my vote would go for a Brixton station
>>on the South London Line (which will hopefully play host to ELLX
>>trains to & from Clapham Jn in years to come) - but that would be an
>>incredibly difficult and expensive station to build, unlike
>>Eastfield's quick-and-cheapish new modular station. Is there anywhere
>>else deserving that's like Eastfields in London - somewhere where the
>>line is running more or less flat on the ground, not high up on an
>>embankment or viaduct or low in a cutting or even in a tunnel - i.e.
>>any *realistic* suggestions?

>
> Oh you've wrecked the criteria! I was going to suggest St Ann's Road /
> Seven Sisters Road on the GOBLIN as well as Forest Road, Winchester Road ...