The Anonymous Widower

Using Lea Bridge Station For A Purpose

After going to IKEA, as I often do, when I only have one blue bag, I caught the first bus that appeared of either a 192 to Tottenham Hale station or a 341 to the area of Hackney, where I live.

It was a 192 and I took it, now that I have four trains to choose from at Tottenham Hale station.

• A train to Liverpool Street via Hackney Downs.
• A train to Stratford via the Lea Bridge station.
• A direct Liverpool Street train.
• A Victoria Line train.

The first two would be the most preferable, as a bus can take me to fifty metres from my home from either Hackney Downs or Lea Bridge stations.

I could also take a 76 bus to Dalston Junction station. That bus is not as slow as the 341, which gives you a mystery tour of a lot of Haringey and tends to get stuck in the traffic of Tottenham High Road.

As I walked into the station, the first train was announced as a Stratford train via Lea Bridge and by running across the bridge, I was able to get on a fairly crowded train.

Five minutes later and I was on the platform at Lea Bridge station.

After a walk of about a hundred metres with no bridges, two steps and two light-controlled crossing, I was at the bus stop. But I’d just missed the 56 bus, that takes me directly home. So I took the first bus that arrived to Clapton Pond, where I got on one of the frequent 38 buses to my house.

It may seem complicated compared to taking the Victoria Line to Highbury and Islington station, but that station is a 1960s monstrosity, built when the disable didn’t go out or even exist. Walking routes in the long tunnels and bus access at Highbury and Islington is not good either.

But Lea Bridge station is already proving its worth. Several people on the train had used the new station and a young lady at the station said she used the station a lot.

But the station needs more trains and two trains per hour is not enough, especially when Angel Road station is upgraded.

I have a feeling that the forecast traffic through this station will be in the same class as those for the Borders Railway.

June 4, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Lea Bridge Station, Lea Valley Lines