The Anonymous Widower

Before Crossrail 2 – Tottenham Hale

In the near five years since, I moved back to London, Tottenham Hale station has changed for the better, with the addition of a lift to the Victoria Line platforms and the reorganisation of buses, taxis and other traffic around the station.

But over the next few years, we should be seeing a lot more changes as this Future section in the Wikipedia entry for the station. The significant section is about Crossrail 2.

In February 2013, the Crossrail task force of business group London First, chaired by former Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Adonis, published its recommendations on Crossrail 2, favouring a route almost identical to the regional option proposed by TfL in 2011. The report was endorsed by Network Rail.

This proposal will see four tracks restored through Tottenham Hale and direct links to South-West London.

This Google Map shows the station and the surrounding area.

Tottenham Hale Station

This image appears to have been taken before the new Tottenham Hale Bus Station was created and the traffic system was changed.

With all the development going on, putting four tracks through the station will need a very narrow track and platform layout.

On this page of the Haringey web site are more details and an artist’s impression of the proposed station. This picture is shown in an article in the Tottenham Journal.

Proposed Tottenham Hale Station

I would suspect that a wide bridge would extend eastwards from this building over the tracks with lifts and escalators to the platforms. Looking at this image, it does strike me that the the architect has taken some of Charles Holden‘s stations as their inspiration.

July 20, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Architecture, Before Crossrail 2, Buses, Crossrail 2, Tottenham Hale Station, Trains