Re: Lords Cricket Ground disused tunnel

On 17 Apr, 15:20, Tom Anderson <t...@urchin.earth.li> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Mizter T wrote:

> > On 17 Apr, 14:07, "John Rowland"
> > <jo...@journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> Tom Anderson wrote:
>
> >>> I think this not insubstantial - there are six bus routes serving
> >>> Finchley Road, i believe.
>
> >> They also serve Swiss Cottage, which has disused Met platforms, and
> >> entrances at northbound and southbound bus stops.
>
> > So?
>
> Maybe the point is that you could transfer the Met from Finchley Road to
> West Hampstead, and also reopen the Met platforms at Swiss Cottage, and
> that would keep everyone happy.
>
> Except people heading to stations south of Swiss Cottage or north of West
> Hampstead.
>
> You could probably link Swiss Cottage up with South Hampstead station on
> the WCML, too; if/when that gets assimilated into the NLL
> post-Bakerloo-to-Watford, that would provide another useful link.

Can South Hampstead be categorised as being on the WCML? It would
normally be described as being on the DC lines, which follow the WCML
alignment most of the way to Watford Jn, but is it the WCML?

Likewise, could Hornsey be categorised as being on the ECML? Many
would describe it as being on the Great Northern route, but is it the
ECML?

I'd normally think of the ECML and WCML as being routes to Leeds and
Birmingham, but can they also be routes to the Swiss Cottage Odeon and
to Bob Hoskins' old house in Hornsey?

>
> >>> There are three at West Hampstead, and the
> >>> overlap with Finchley Road's routes is minimal, so unless many routes
> >>> were rearranged, the journeys possible via Finchley Road would be
> >>> lost. Finchley Road also has the hugemongous O2 leisure/shopping
> >>> centre (and a big Homebase),
>
> >> The Homebase is nearer to West Hampstead than to Finchley Rd.
>
> > Only just. If you're arriving from points south then it would make sense
> > to alight at Finchley Road, from points east/north then West Hampstead
> > and the back entrance to Homebase is a good choice.
>
> On the gripping hand, who goes to Homebase without a car, anyway?
>

I do! By bike, on foot and by public transport. I genuinely know some
people who made multiple trips by tube to Finchley Road to get to
Homebase whilst they were doing up their new place.

A car is pretty useful though!

>
> >>> and is generally rather more of a high street than West Hampstead.
>
> >> I don't agree. Finchley Road is all poundstretchers and a strip club,
> >> whereas West Hampstead is bars and restaurants. West Hampstead
> >> certainly has more pedestrians than Finchley Rd at night, and possibly
> >> in the day too.
>
> > I disagree with you, I'm with Tom on this one. Finchley Road is more of
> > a shopping high street (it's got a Woolworths) and it does have lots of
> > pedestrians during the day - just because it's somewhat down at heel
> > doesn't disqualify it. And the o2 centre, with a large Sainsbury's, is
> > always pretty busy.
>
> > Yes, West End Road has more people who're out and about on it at night,
> > but that doesn't mean it's more of a high street.
>
> Basically, what we're saying is that we like strip clubs.
>

And public transport should provide for both work and pleasure... er,
perhaps that should read work and leisure.