The developments on the Uckfield line are now completed and the new platforms opened on the 18th of July. A week later on the 25th of July ten coach trains were introduced. Edenbridge Town station has two station shelters one on each platform plus an extra two departure boards. Also the station has been repainted. Below left: the new platforms at Edenbridge Town. Below right: the station shelter on platform 1. This is a example of what the other stations have got. Hever station photos. Below left: the new platforms. Below right: the new car park. Cowden station photos. below the new platform. Ashurst station photos.
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Network Rail are planning to build a railway between Surrey and Hertfordshire. There could be other benefits such as extending the railway to Woking and East London and also quadrupling the Anglia main line to Harlow. At the moment some government leaders in London are wanting to start the work in the year 2020. It is hoped that Crossrail 2 will take some pressure off the Southern, South West Trains and London Overground trains at Clapham Junction. The railway is going to serve central London through an under ground tunnel between Wimbledon, Tottenham Hale and New Southgate, connecting to routes in Hertfordshire and Surrey. It is hoped that there will be up to about 30 trains per hour. Here is a link to a map of the route of Cross rail 2. For more information please visit this website. http://crossrail2.co.uk/the-route/
Major engineering works are being carried out at London Waterloo station at the moment which is supposed to help relieve the pressure on the South Western main line which includes improving the station. The improvements include reopening the international platforms and the concourse being extended. When the station opens properly, the international platforms will be able to handle 20 trains per hour. In my opinion they don't need Cross rail 2 because they've already got the Govia Thameslink Railway running north and south of London and if they have Cross rail 2 then they'll have two railways running north and south London. In some peoples opinion, Thameslink could become Cross Rail 3, but that woundn't be possible as Thameslink services currently run between Bedford and Brighton, Bedford and Sutton, Bedford and Sevenoaks. In 2018 they are due to be adding Cambridge, Peterborough and Kings Lynn in the north and East Grinstead, Horsham, Littlehampton and Eastbourne in the south to their list of destinations. |
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