Author: Cyril Richert The government has just announced that Clapham Junction, with 9 other railway stations in England, most in need of modernisation, are to get £50m to carry out…
Continue Reading »Clapham Junction – fit for the 21st century?
2 mins read
Article published in the Battersea Society Newsletter, summer 2009 edition. Recent discussions about proposals for Clapham Junction (or Battersea Junction) station, and the surrounding streetscape, prompt reflection on how this…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Here are a few photos of the current work taking place for Brighton Yard entrance (click on the images to see bigger). For more details, read our…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert It has just been released this morning that the Council plans to fund additional spending in the provision of the new access from Brighton Yard. The council…
Continue Reading »I was pleased to receive in my mail box the leaflet distributed by the Wandsworth Conservatives for Shaftesbury Ward (click below to see bigger). I was also glad to see…
Continue Reading »
It is interesting that so many people seem to start discussion on this subject from an assumption that the Junction needs some sort of regeneration or improvement in terms of…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Heathrow Aiport have asked the government for permission to develop a new rail link from Terminal 5 to Waterloo (estimated cost £350-400m). Services would operate to Reading,…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Clapham Junction vs Birmingham Station Clapham Junction Station nowadays Each day about 2,000 trains, most stopping, pass through the station, more than through any other station in…
Continue Reading »
After years of campaigning (see The Bugle, Feb 2009 with Martin Linton’s long stand), projects and postponing, the London Mayor and the Government eventually agreed on the funding for the…
Continue Reading »
