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Stop
the Piccadilly
Line!
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About
STOP
STOP
is
a
cross
party
campaign
to
get
a
Stop
at
Turnham
Green
On
the
Piccadilly
line.
The
campaign
received
a
major
boost
when
it
was
announced
that
Transport
for
London
will
review
the
situation
when
it
takes
control
of
the
tube.
A
petition
is
currently
being
gathered
and
is
moving
steadily
towards
a
target
of
10,000.
STOP
would
be
delighted
if
anyone
who
hasn't
signed
visited
Mr
Lad's
post
office
on
South
Parade,
Chiswick
Country
Pine
or
Southey's
restaurant
on
the
Chiswick
High
Road
to
sign
up.
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8,000
have
already
been
handed
in
to
Tfl.
The
petition
reads,
"We
the
undersigned
request
Transport
for
London
to
give
priority
to
the
stopping
of
Piccadilly
Line
Trains
all
day
at
Turnham
Green
station".
There
is
also
a
mailing
list
on
Turnham
Green
which
will
update
you
on
major
developments.
To
join
click
here
Background
to
the
issue
Member
Contributed
Articles
Is
this
the
most
Dangerous
Station
on
the
Tube?
Forty
Reasons
why
the
Piccadilly
line
should
stop
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The
profile of the
campaign has
been raised considerably
with a question
being asked in
the House
of Commons
on the issue.
Ann
Keen's reasons
for not supporting
STOP
Response
from campaigner
on Ann Keen's
statement
Will
a Turnham Green
stop really cost
£30mn?
London
Underground no
longer argue
that Turnham
Green is a little
used station
with their own
figures showing
a usage of
9,600 per
day on weekdays
making it one
of the busiest
stations outside
Zone 1. To contact
London Underground
on the issue
you can e-mail
them at the following
address customerservices@email.lul.co.uk
TfL
have promised,
"A fresh
and unbiased
review of the
needs and costs
of stopping Piccadilly
Line trains at
Turnham Green"
as soon as the
Govt. allow them
to start running
the tube: it
was supposed
to be in February
but has been
held up as the
Govt. tries to
impose the PPP.
The
additional 7,000
workers at Chiswick
Business Park
will add yet
more demand to
the inadequate
service. Meanwhile,
the District
Line has been
running a sub
standard service
at Turnham Green
since 1998 which
got much worse
in the spring
when they reduced
the service for
maintenance work.
The work is now
finished but
the service is
now even worse
than before.
For
a short period
they did stop
the Piccadilly
line when necessary
which shows it
can be done.
If
you want to be
kept in touch
with transport
issues in general
and other aspects
of life in Chiswick
get the ChiswickW4.com
newsletter by
clicking where
it says sign-up
below.
To
receive updates
of news on the
campaign specifically
click
here
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note that Neighbour
Net Ltd and ChiswickW4.com
are not affiliated
with the STOP
campaign and
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to publish opposing
points of view
on this and any
other issue that
are featured
on the site.
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