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Title: Hoo wants to go Ware and Wye? Post by: grahame on March 09, 2021, 18:55:48 From Kent Online (https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/fears-new-railway-station-could-become-white-elephant-243701/)
Quote No direct link planned between new railway station at Hoo and Medway Towns leaving only option to change at Gravesend It is feared a multi-million pound railway station would become a "white elephant" under current route plans which would require commuters to change miles from their likely destination. Consultation is currently underway into how Medway Council will spend £170 million from the government's Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) to develop 12,000 new homes on the Hoo Peninsula. [snip] Quote The Gillingham North councillor said: "With the pandemic, fewer people will being commutingto London so there's a huge question mark over whether it will be financially viable. "We are in favour of the HIF and the railway scheme but they are no longer guaranteeing a rail link with the Medway Towns directly, in the consultation document. "If there is no direct rail link between Hoo and the Medway Towns, the likelihood is people are just going to keep on using their cars. I can't help fearing that the developer will build in 2 years and be sold out by 3. The railway station and rise in standards to let the line take passenger trains will take 5 years, by which time everyone will have bought their second car. Title: Re: Hoo wants to go Ware and Wye? Post by: GBM on March 10, 2021, 07:01:49 As the current freight line runs towards Gravesend, couldn't the line also have a loop/double back to take it back towards Strood/Rochester.
If a new station is being built, then a loop back/crossover on the main line wouldn't be that difficult? Title: Re: Hoo wants to go Ware and Wye? Post by: CyclingSid on March 10, 2021, 07:06:00 Repeat of Reading Green Park?
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