ChristopherJ
Repeatedly returning banned member
I went through Maryland yesterday evening and had the chance to look at the recent 'refresh' done by Greater Anglia...
What (I could see) they have done;
1) painted all structural hoarding and panels a dull grey and patched up areas of graffiti and rust the same colour.
2) tarmacked carriage stop car markers on the platform edges to locate where each set of twin doors of an 8 car 315 will stop in a formation of 1-1 2-2 3-3 4-4 5-5 6-6 7-7 8-8. I have a few points to make about this a) the entire of an 8 set of 315 vaccates the whole platform at Maryland so there's no chance any passengers will require to position themselves accordingly to board the train and b) given that the station will go over to Crossrail in 2018 there is a severe chance these boards will become redundant and out sync with the new stock and require to be burned off. A waste of money?
3) painted the platform canopies the same shade of dull grey as the building structures as per statement 1).
It's mandatory to bring to GA's attention that the station...
- still smells of p***
- is still stained of p***
- is still dank
- is still dark
- is still uninviting
All the above is also applicable to the outside area, too. :roll:
As a previous resident of Stratford for 3 years I can also inform you that the station is unstaffed at night and remains open between the last train (01:00) and first train (05:00) and in that time is used frequently by drug dealers and gangs as a safe haven for drug deals. They hide underneath and behind the bridge gantries at both ends of the platforms where no CCTV cameras can see them.
The station is being closed for the Olympics and I'm sure it's not a decision based on convenience but sheer embarrassment.
Please, Greater Anglia - or even the future Crossrail, do the whole of the Stratford and surrounding area a favour and close this damned disgrace of a station for the sake of humanity - it's not fit for a dog.
What (I could see) they have done;
1) painted all structural hoarding and panels a dull grey and patched up areas of graffiti and rust the same colour.
2) tarmacked carriage stop car markers on the platform edges to locate where each set of twin doors of an 8 car 315 will stop in a formation of 1-1 2-2 3-3 4-4 5-5 6-6 7-7 8-8. I have a few points to make about this a) the entire of an 8 set of 315 vaccates the whole platform at Maryland so there's no chance any passengers will require to position themselves accordingly to board the train and b) given that the station will go over to Crossrail in 2018 there is a severe chance these boards will become redundant and out sync with the new stock and require to be burned off. A waste of money?
3) painted the platform canopies the same shade of dull grey as the building structures as per statement 1).
It's mandatory to bring to GA's attention that the station...
- still smells of p***
- is still stained of p***
- is still dank
- is still dark
- is still uninviting
All the above is also applicable to the outside area, too. :roll:
As a previous resident of Stratford for 3 years I can also inform you that the station is unstaffed at night and remains open between the last train (01:00) and first train (05:00) and in that time is used frequently by drug dealers and gangs as a safe haven for drug deals. They hide underneath and behind the bridge gantries at both ends of the platforms where no CCTV cameras can see them.
The station is being closed for the Olympics and I'm sure it's not a decision based on convenience but sheer embarrassment.
Please, Greater Anglia - or even the future Crossrail, do the whole of the Stratford and surrounding area a favour and close this damned disgrace of a station for the sake of humanity - it's not fit for a dog.
I wouldn't personally use any station between Romford and Londonm after dark (except for Ilford and Stratford). That said, I probably wouldn't use any out towards Hackney Downs, Chingford or Edmonmtonm Green either...
