Tag Archives: Norwood Junction

South Norwood high street suffers Thames Water torture

Posted on December 3, 2019 by

Long-suffering South Norwood residents have been having to deal with more traffic gridlock in and around the high street, after private utility giant Thames Water broke an undertaking to have a new leakage repaired within a week. A water main … Continue reading →

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Network Rail moves to give Norwood Junction a bit of a lift

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

Residents and rail passengers are invited to four drop-in events in June, as Network Rail’s long-awaited proposals to upgrade Norwood Junction Station, with step-free access and longer platforms, are put to the public. According to Network Rail today, “The proposals … Continue reading →

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Cabinet member says Brick by Brick could build on libraries

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

GENE BRODIE, our bookish gyms correspondent, on the latest inadvertent slip by a council cabinet member which betrays the next possible target for the council’s ‘award-winning’ house-builders Brick by Brick’s insatiable appetite for turning public property into mainly private flats … Continue reading →

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MP backs Network Rail plans to unblock Croydon bottleneck

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

Croydon leads the way in one respect, at least: it has become the “most challenging bottleneck on Britain’s railway”. That’s according to Network Rail, and they should know. Network Rail has announced a public consultation into its multi-million-pound plans to … Continue reading →

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Timetable promises to get commuter trains back on track

Posted on May 6, 2018 by

What does the timetable changes later this month do for the rail users of Croydon and Sutton? CHARLES KING takes a look In March, Charles Horton, the chief executive of Govia Thameslink Railway, stated in the Metro newspaper that the … Continue reading →

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Energy Garden at West Croydon joins Overground grand tour

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

Energy gardens at Norwood Junction and West Croydon are to form part of a magical tour of the London Overground network this Saturday. The organisers say, “Energy Garden is one big community and we want to get together to take … Continue reading →

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Page Turners to tackle Hardy classic at their February meet

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

The Page Turners, now touting itself as South Norwood’s friendliest book group, will be looking at Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd at its February meeting. At just over a year old, the group has read authors as diverse … Continue reading →

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