Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Harringay tube stop?
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Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on
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The original reason for there not being a station at junction St Ann's Road junction because there wouldn't be enough speed between Manor House and Turnpike Lane doesn't hold water - think of the very short journey between Covent Garden and Leicester Square on the very same Piccadilly line. A tube stop in Harringay would be fantastic but sadly unlikely. Just think how it would boost our house prices!
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Funnily enough the streets furtherest away from the tube in Harringay see the most expensive houses.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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Well, if the criterion is 'equidistant and as far away as possible from Manor House and Turnpike Lane stations' [quick scrutiny of map]: to the west, the Wightman Rd/Warham Rd junction area, or, to the east, by the Ambulance station on St Ann's Road. Do property websites support the thesis?
If the criterion is 'the further away altogether, the more expensive' then Crouch End supports the hypothesis. Until you get to the western part of Highgate. And, umm, Hampstead.
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OK, let me clarify, I meant along the stretch of where the Piccadilly line runs, I guess I was talking about the middle of the ladder.
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Well yes, understood, but is there so much (I dunno) of a difference along the ladder roads - north/south; east/west, I wonder. Ladder/Gardens too.....?
(As for the non-ladder locations above - straw man, sorry - [gah no smilies on re-posts])
Not a property developer either.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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As there is already a ventilator shaft down to the tube line on the corner of Green Lanes and Colina Road this would probably be the easiest spot to build a new station. If this was the northen end of the platform, the southern end would be by the Salisbury.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Hulbert on
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Sadly not I got all excited about this about a year ago and talked about it with a transport planner friend of mine (who worked for some years at TFL and currently works for Cross Rail). I asked him what he thought it would cost and how such decisions get made. He very patiently sat down, did some drawings and explained the following.
The first factor is whether there is a box at the ventilation point. Tube stations are giant underground boxes that the tunnels run into. These boxes are generally built during the tunnelling process but can (at great expense) be retro fitted. St Annes Ventilation shaft doesn't have the box so it is very unlikely to make an economic case for it. It was difficult to put a price but in the region of £500 million!
When TFL looks at the feasibility or desirability of adding a station to a line they have to factor in the benefit to the new users (how many new users it would attract what increased income would be generated) against the detrimental effect to existing users of the line.
All this adds up to it being extremely unlikely for us to see a new Tube station popping up at St Annes or for that matter Haringay Green Lanes.
You can read more about St Annes ventilation shaft here http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/MiscTube.html
Richard
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