Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Northgate Park
I visited the new development on part of St Ann's hospital yesterday called Northgate Park. The flats look nice enough, although rather expensive and with a high service charge, but it started me thinking about how this development will impact transport in the area. The development is car-free, which is good as this area certainly can't take any more traffic, but it's a good mile from all the surrounding tube stations, and ten minutes' walk from Green Lanes. Which effectively leaves all those residents who need to use public transport reliant on just the 341 bus - not, in my experience, the most frequent service. How much are transport needs taken into account when planning new builds like this, and is TfL able/prepared to increas bus frequency to cope? (I'm not just thinking here of the residents themselves, but of other 341 users who might be squeezed out in the process.) I'm possibly overthinking this, but I'd be interested to hear other's opinions.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T
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Well there's also the 67 bus (Wood Green - St Ann's Rd - Stoke Newington - Dalston) for links to Tube and Overground. And there used to be St Ann's Road station on the Barking - Gospel Oak line, though I don't think TfL have it on a 'stations to reopen' list.
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Let’s be honest the Suffragette line is hardly the most useful of lines so I think most people will use buses to get to either Turnpike Lane or Seven Sisters, which are often quite busy and delayed due to traffic along Green Lanes As an aside, it’s often just as long for me to walk to Green Lanes from Wood Green than to take a bus. Near St Anne’s the Arena and Sainsbury’s are prime spots for future development given proximity to Green Lanes (indeed are mentioned in Haringey’s draft Local Plan), which could exacerbate the issue you raise.
In the short term Haringey could make Green Lanes a red route so the bus lane can be cleared and journey reliability improved and services increased, although this might impact businesses on the Lanes. Extremely wishful thinking but if a new intermediary tube stop could be created at Green Lanes to interchange with the Suffragette line and support the new housing then that would clearly be the best solution. The Piccadilly line runs underneath Green Lanes so it is possible… However this would cost a lot of money and given TfL’s finances this would end up being very low priority and would have to rely on private funding. Then there’s Crossrail 2 and transferring Great Northern services to the Overground (potential uptick in frequencies at Harringay station) but the former will not happen anytime soon. So, I do think your opinion is valid and I share your concerns!
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