tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post2993499873807838760..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Short life of a long-lived stationCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-24541663457445623862017-12-10T13:59:55.440+00:002017-12-10T13:59:55.440+00:00Hels, it's not the most edifying story. But as...Hels, it's not the most edifying story. But as Alan says, a familiar one. I didn't know the origin of 'commuting', thank you for that!<br /><br />The CCRC was indeed created by the SERC - which makes it very odd that the CCRC name appears so boldly on the station facade. I wonder whether there were originally plans for it to operate the line as a separate company too, as it makes no sense otherwise. CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-68908356835430898992017-12-09T13:46:59.744+00:002017-12-09T13:46:59.744+00:00All the city-centre railway projects in the mid 19...All the city-centre railway projects in the mid 19th century destroyed lots of homes, not just in London. It's one of the reasons the governments of the day forced the railway companies to introduce so-called workmen's tickets, to allow working people to commute (a term* that wasn't used then) cheaply to and from work from their new homes.<br /><br />On the issue of the Charing Cross Railway Co being taken over by the SE: this was a common strategy to fund a new project. Lots of extensions were funded by setting up a new company which then borrowed money and/or sold shares; if successful it was then taken over by the company that had been behind the project from the start. No one ever expected the CCRC to run a shuttle service from Charing Cross to London Bridge, where passengers could change to the SE. It's still a normal business process for new projects; though they don't usually plaster their names on them for centuries to come.<br /><br />* A US rail company allowed regular passengers to commute -- change -- daily return tickets to a weekly season ticket. Hence they became commuters.Alan Burkitt-Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344807923068268667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-46180114976541440642017-12-08T23:51:55.901+00:002017-12-08T23:51:55.901+00:00What a terrible waste of family homes, limited gov...What a terrible waste of family homes, limited government funding, valuable transport hubs and community trust :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com