I walked through there on my Lands End to John o'Groats walk in April last year the housing appeared to be complete although there may be a second phase part of the car park still remained. Its only about a 10 min it walk to Lelant or St Erth stations. I can't imagine there would be much business tbh.
Especially it being so close to Waterloo East, bit of a no brainer surely?
The usage at Polesworth is rather high as well given that there is only 1 train per day going northbound. I am 100% with you on the fact they should reinstate the London bound platform.
Much as that could make sense, the trouble is where one draws the line on 'low use' to trigger closure. If a line does exist, everyone will be open to accusations of deliberately driving patronage down to that level. That is one reason why I think it is better, generally, to keep stations open.
Heaven forbid passengers were to use trains and want to get on and off them. The audacity.
Because the procedure to properly close a railway station is long and expensive. It's cheaper to keep a station open and stop very few services there.
The cost to run this station must be much smaller than the cost of closing it. Last time I was there, there were no lighting columns, a dead payphone and a broken help point. What amuses me about the other four stations down the valley is that they’ve all been fitted with WiFi, meanwhile my local GWR station that has nearly a million entries/exits doesn’t!
This assertion has been made numerous times over the years.
I can give you a basic summary of the steps, I can't give a cost.
I don't know about the rules but that's effectively what Northern have done with British Steel Redcar.
That'll go down really well in places like Ribblehead, Dent and Garsdale...
It would be less relevant for a rural scenic line such as the S&C but still relevant.
