SE23.com - The Official Forum for Forest Hill & Honor Oak, London SE23
Online since 2002   11,000+ members   72,000+ posts

Home | SE23 Topics | Businesses & Services | Wider Topics | Offered/Wanted/Lost/Found | About SE23.com | Advertising | Contact | |
 Armstrong & Co Solicitors



Post Reply  Post Topic 
Pages (3): « First < Previous 1 [2] 3 Next > Last »
Lifts at Honor Oak Park station
Author Message
scully


Posts: 32
Joined: Sep 2011
Post: #21
19-10-2013 08:47 PM

I think they are supposed to be finished by March 2014 I remember from a letter we received.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
daveherne


Posts: 212
Joined: Jul 2012
Post: #22
21-10-2013 09:16 AM

cheers, will make life easier with the pram for baby #2.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
oryx


Posts: 205
Joined: Nov 2007
Post: #23
21-10-2013 10:44 PM

I must admit to having thought the latest round of work (where the fairly new ticket barriers were removed) was putting in lifts - I haven't been paying attention!

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
daveherne


Posts: 212
Joined: Jul 2012
Post: #24
22-10-2013 10:49 AM

yeah, it was more gates. which is good and always a queue to get out. just shows how many more people are using the station though....

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Cheeky


Posts: 215
Joined: May 2009
Post: #25
26-02-2014 07:11 AM

Looks like it's full steam ahead getting the lifts installed at the station, been a long time coming but we're getting there. Will be a huge relief to all those mums I see/help trying to get up those stairs with their buggies.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
pilsen


Posts: 11
Joined: Jul 2011
Post: #26
29-04-2014 01:31 PM

Is there a date set for the lifts to be working at Honor Oak station? I thought they were due to be installed and running by March?

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
lacb


Posts: 627
Joined: Mar 2005
Post: #27
29-04-2014 02:12 PM

Don't know a date but I think that the work was scheduled to take 3 months. If so, that would be end of May...

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
OakR


Posts: 216
Joined: Oct 2011
Post: #28
12-10-2014 07:11 PM

Hello all

The lifts at HOP station appear to be progressing well. That said the sign in the station says ready for summer 2014, which based on today's weather appears to have come and gone.

Clearly the timeline has drifted, does anyone know when they are due to officially open?

Thanks

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Tinkerbell


Posts: 361
Joined: Dec 2007
Post: #29
12-10-2014 08:58 PM

Honestly, every time I walk into the station, I don't know whether to laugh or cry about those chaps who carry out the station upgrade. They've spent the best part of an entire year now trying to do...what exactly? Entire weeks go by, where I see them occasionally moving a wheelbarrow, shifting bits of mud along the railway sidings. And two weeks later, they shift that mud back to its original position. The station itself is a fairly simple steel and wood construction from what I can see, adding lifts on both sides should have been a matter of weeks. Oh, hang on, it was meant to be a matter of weeks. May was the original date for the completion of those lifts, wasn't it?

(Yes, I know I'm turning into a grumpy old woman)

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Medley


Posts: 87
Joined: Nov 2011
Post: #30
13-10-2014 09:18 AM

The rate of progress is staggeringly slow.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
ringingcod


Posts: 84
Joined: Jun 2005
Post: #31
13-10-2014 09:47 AM

I presume you lot are structural engineers or something? We're lucky to get any sort of infrastructure investment in this economic climate. I was thinking only this morning how smart it all looks - compare the station as it was 10 years ago and it's a totally different place. It'll be done when it's done.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
OakR


Posts: 216
Joined: Oct 2011
Post: #32
13-10-2014 07:20 PM

I guess no-one knows! Smile

I'll try and ask next time I see someone in the station.

Ringingcod, no need to get upset, just asking when it will be ready, which is a fairly reasonable question in view of the timelines they gave out and have missed. Smile . I think the other comments on this thread are fair enough, it has dragged on and way past expected completion (there may be a good reason for this of course - an update would be nice).

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
ringingcod


Posts: 84
Joined: Jun 2005
Post: #33
14-10-2014 09:13 AM

I'm not upset matey. But anything might have happened to cause the delay once they started digging. Take the point on updates.

This post was last modified: 14-10-2014 09:15 AM by ringingcod.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
OakR


Posts: 216
Joined: Oct 2011
Post: #34
15-10-2014 08:59 PM

No worries - let's see what happens.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
davidl


Posts: 180
Joined: Oct 2007
Post: #35
16-10-2014 10:54 PM

I rang London Overground customer services today and asked for their estimated date of having the lifts working.

After a few mins (which gives me faith that something was actually being checked) I was told that "the first week in November" is when we can expect to be able to use the lifts.

So not too long to wait now. Hopefully.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
OakR


Posts: 216
Joined: Oct 2011
Post: #36
16-10-2014 11:36 PM

Thanks David - let's hope you are correct!

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
davidl


Posts: 180
Joined: Oct 2007
Post: #37
23-10-2014 08:37 PM

Following the appearance of new posters at the station, I checked back today and the customer services people at London Overground confirmed that it's going to be December now.

Annoying. Ten months to deliver something they initially said would be done in the summer. Still, it'll be worth it in the end, won't it?

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
OakR


Posts: 216
Joined: Oct 2011
Post: #38
23-10-2014 08:44 PM

Thanks for finding out - did they specify December this year? Wink

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
jollyrog


Posts: 83
Joined: Jul 2008
Post: #39
24-10-2014 08:13 PM

> Still, it'll be worth it in the end, won't it?

Indeed. More oversized buggies on the trains, each taking up the space that 4 standing commuters could take, in the most awkward part of the door vestibule area possible.

Even better when you get two buggy users travelling together in the peak.

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
milliemop


Posts: 184
Joined: Oct 2011
Post: #40
25-10-2014 08:04 AM

Now that made me chuckle, Jollyrog Thumbsup

Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply

Friends of Blythe Hill Fields


Possibly Related Topics ...
Topic: Author Replies: Views: Last Post
  Plans to develop land at Whitbread Rd & adjacent to Honor Oak Park station hillview 3 5,161 05-01-2017 10:03 AM
Last Post: lacb
  Bike theft at Honor Oak Park station scully 8 12,826 20-09-2014 01:51 PM
Last Post: scully
  Extend 63 Bus to Honor Oak Park Station? hopper 85 90,954 01-09-2013 11:04 AM
Last Post: ladywotlunches
  Honor Oak Park station staff kemamira 21 25,300 27-02-2013 10:54 PM
Last Post: Mattya
  Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade andrewr 89 104,357 09-12-2011 03:10 PM
Last Post: Medley
  Lifts at Forest Hill station roz 0 3,796 30-04-2011 09:22 AM
Last Post: roz
  Honor Oak Park Station Forecourt theplanner 16 16,718 28-03-2011 07:11 AM
Last Post: Sherwood
  Honor Oak Park Rail Station Redalways 112 114,874 22-08-2010 10:27 AM
Last Post: Theotherbrian
  Work next to Honor Oak Park Station BarCar 15 18,433 06-04-2010 10:50 AM
Last Post: davidl