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NEW CROSS: Fresh doubt over Millwall rail station
10:20am Saturday 27th March 2010 in News By Mark Chandler
Residents have been campaigning for the station
FRESH doubts have emerged about the prospects of a new railway station serving Millwall football club.
The £10m station was due to be built at Surrey Canal Road, New Cross, as part of the East London Line extension’s second phase.
It has long been campaigned for by residents, who organised a 471-signature online petition to get it built.
But Transport for London commissioner Peter Hendy has announced that firm commitment from the Government for the £7m needed to go ahead has still not been made.
Liberal Democrat London Assembly transport spokeswoman Caroline Pidgeon desribed the admission as “seriously bad news”.
In January Lewisham Council agreed to provide the extra £3m needed for the station but this was provided the Government money was received.
The station is expected to be used by 1.3 million passengers a year.
Comments(4)
WhatWhenWhyHow
says...
8:50pm Sat 27 Mar 10
bexleyman
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1:47pm Sun 28 Mar 10
I'll grant you your bridge complaint mind.
porkpie
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11:19am Tue 6 Apr 10
bexleyman wrote:Every home game stands to reason. But their are over events that happen at the Den. Also as said above all the people that have to go to work. It's easy when you think about it.
Stick a station anywhere and it'll have a benefit upon the immediate area, but lets be honest, there's more than one station in the area and how often would the football ground generate much traffic through the station? I'll grant you your bridge complaint mind.
bexleyman says...
6:18pm Sat 27 Mar 10
Have a laugh!