London Reconnections blog on East Croydon and Brighton Main Line

On 18/03/2011, in East Croydon Masterplan, East Croydon Station, Menta, Stanhope, trains, by Sean

A good round up of the issues about the possible solutions to reduce the overcrowding on this line. Once Thameslink works are complete in Central London the main bottleneck on the line will be the areas north and south of East Croydon, and the lack of platforms at East Croydon Station. See http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2011/03/east-croydon-problem-look-at-brighton.html for more [...]

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Launch day of new Friends Group a success

On 12/03/2011, in Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends Group, by Sean

A reports of today events from Sean Fitzsimons. Following the walkabout and meeting on the 12th March 2011, local residents have agreed to work together to help set up a Friends Group for the Addiscombe Railway Park and that their first task is to find out from local residents, who live near the park, what [...]

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Menta to demolish Cherry Orchard Gardens and Amy Johnson House

On 07/03/2011, in Cherry Orchard Road Redevelopment, Menta, by Sean

Last week Menta has released a press release stating that its intends to demolish the two buildings it owns on Cherry Orchard Road, Amy Johnson House, an old office block, and the Council Homes at Cherry Orchard Gardens. “Press release from Menta: issued 28th February 2011 , Demolition at Cherry Orchard Road Regeneration  specialist  Menta  [...]

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The future of Oval Primary School must not be decided behind closed doors

On 06/03/2011, in Oval School, Schools, by Sean

The last two weeks at Oval School have shown Councils that don’t consult parents, governors, teachers and the local community, are bound to make mistakes when decisions are made in haste. It shows that despite Cllr Pollard’s view that “speed is the key”, Councils need to engage all stakeholders if they are to turn around [...]

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Local MP thinks East Croydon Station has only one entrance when it has two

On 05/03/2011, in Cherry Orchard Road Redevelopment, East Croydon Station, Menta, trains, by Sean

Latest intouch leaflet from Gavin Barwell MP has a short story within it that local councillors are opposing a second entrance to East Croydon Station, calling it bizarre. The only bizarre thing about this is the MP doesn’t seem to know that there are already 2 entrances to East Croydon Station, the main one from [...]

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