What is that being built in Vauxhall??

[PacificOcean]

Yep, mixing me taverns up.

Right, so which one was/is the gay one? I went there a few times with some friends many many years ago?

Both are/were.

 

[Bob]

Vauxhall Tavern is the current major gay one - big night is Sunday night.

Brunswick house was a C.I.U - one of those working men's clubs - I assume it got sold by them - there's still a working one on Kennington road of all places - wedged between two posh houses.

Vauxhall cross has actually got a lot better for cyclists recently since there are now cycle paths over pavements / through tunnels - I cut almost daily from Oval via the Vauxhall taven underpass to MI6

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Both are/were.

Well that's bloody confusing, but I think it was the Vauxhall Tavern that I went to - oh, about 15 years ago

 

[lang rabbie]

Will it all be finished by Saturday???

Have just found out that TfL reckon the contractors will be off site by the end of this week!

Vauxhall Cross
Question No: 1104 / 2004
Valerie Shawcross

When will Vauxhall Cross Public Transport Interchange be fully
operational? What are the figures for pedestrian and cyclists accidents in
and around the gyratory since its installation?
A number of interchange improvements such as surface level pedestrian crossings and new pedestrian accesses into the stations have already been delivered. Substantial completion is scheduled for 15 October 2004 with some ancillary works, including completion of a retail unit, continuing until November 2004. TfL is currently discussing with the contractor and London Buses the scope for a staged occupation of the bus station, prior to 15 October.

Since the commencement of the interchange works in January 2002 until May
2004 (with the closure of Bond Way to general traffic), there have been a total of 143 reported casualties in the Vauxhall Cross area. Of these, 23 were pedestrians and 17 were pedal cyclists. We would generally assess the safety of the interchange following completion of all works and sufficient ‘after’ casualty information has been collected that has statistical validity – usually after 3 years.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Have just found out that TfL reckon the contractors will be off site by the end of this week!

wasn't it supposed to open this week after the last delay?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Lang - the TFL website doesn't seem to have been updated. Does this mean Vauxhall Cross is STILL not finished?

 

[chegrimandi]

its literally just outside my work....and no it aint finished yet

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

its literally just outside my work....and no it aint finished yet

Didn't think so. Went past on bus last week and pondered over whether it would actually open this week.

Turning into another Brixton tube

 

[chegrimandi]

Didn't think so. Went past on bus last week and pondered over whether it would actually open this week.

Turning into another Brixton tube

just looked out of the window and there isn't that much more that needs to be done on the face of it....can't be too much longer I wouldn't have thought....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

just looked out of the window and there isn't that much more that needs to be done on the face of it....can't be too much longer I wouldn't have thought....

Yeah right, ok so

Believe it when I see it

 

[johnniebutterfl]

Vauxhall Tavern is the current major gay one - big night is Sunday night

Don't forget the brilliant Duckie on saturdays djed by the Reader's Wives collective. i think its still going.
Cheg, that's not the view from 'Intelligence' Towers is it?

 

[chegrimandi]

Don't forget the brilliant Duckie on saturdays djed by the Reader's Wives collective. i think its still going.
Cheg, that's not the view from 'Intelligence' Towers is it?

hehe no it isn't!! I aint no spook

I can see that building from my office though

 

[2 Hardcore]

When we're missioning up from the South West/Wouth Wales for our nites out, we always know we're nearly there when we see that 'thing'! So glad we now know what it is - would agree that it looks like a flyover, we just couldn't fathom out what it was, or why it was there!

 

[lang rabbie]

<dons anorak>Took a diversion on the way home by catching the 77A last night to look at (lack of) progress. <discards anorak>

IMO most alarming thing is that none of the lighting in the ski ramp seems to be working yet. Given that LondonEnergy (formerly LEB) typically take 2-6 months to connect street lamps after new lamp columns go in on TfL red routes (cf Brixton Hill), what sort of wait does this imply?

Or has anyone seen any of the lighting working yet?

 

[chegrimandi]

still plenty of work going on on this today......

anyone know how much this little project cost tfl.....a fair amount I would guess....given that it will probably after a year become quite vandalised and graff-strewn I'd have thought all-in-all its a fair waste of public money.

 

[lang rabbie]

IIRC the three teams of architects who competed for the design of the bus interchange were given an overall budget of £3million.

Think that the various roadworks around Vauxhall Cross (mostly installed pre congestion charge) amounted to at least the same amount of money.

 

[PacificOcean]

<dons anorak>Took a diversion on the way home by catching the 77A last night to look at (lack of) progress. <discards anorak>

Is the 77 the last route in London to have an 'A' route? All of the other 'A's were prefixed with a 3 years ago.

 

[JWH]

it will probably after a year become quite vandalised and graff-strewn I'd have thought all-in-all its a fair waste of public money.

I dunno, Stratford is still in pretty god condition, isn't it?

 

[gawkrodger]

there's a fairly amusing article on this new bus centre thin in the latest issue of the almighty smoke 'zine

http://www.shink.dircon.co.uk/smoke.htm

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

still plenty of work going on on this today......

anyone know how much this little project cost tfl.....a fair amount I would guess....given that it will probably after a year become quite vandalised and graff-strewn I'd have thought all-in-all its a fair waste of public money.

any nearer to opening then?

 

[dogmatique]

there's a fairly amusing article on this new bus centre thin in the latest issue of the almighty smoke 'zine

http://www.shink.dircon.co.uk/smoke.htm

New issue of Smoke out you say?

*get's coat, rushes out of door*

Edit:

Back from t'shop. Oh, and a two page article on Brixton Market. Triffic.

 

[Bob]

any nearer to opening then?

Still looked unfinished to me as I cycled past this morning....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Still looked unfinished to me as I cycled past this morning....

and no doubt no explanation from TFL

Will stick to the tube for now then

 

[lang rabbie]

Drug Den "Threat to Safety"

This story in last Friday's South London Press (continuing wrangling between Lambeth and TfL about maintenance of the former subways to Vauxhall tube!) reports a TfL spokeswoman as saying that Vauxhall Cross interchange would open before Christmas

 

[Bob]

This story in last Friday's South London Press (continuing wrangling between Lambeth and TfL about maintenance of the former subways to Vauxhall tube!) reports a TfL spokeswoman as saying that Vauxhall Cross interchange would open before Christmas

I'll be the first person to note that they haven't said which Xmas

As I went past yesterday it looked like it was getting fairly close to completion though...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'll be the first person to note that they haven't said which Xmas

As I went past yesterday it looked like it was getting fairly close to completion though...

Well hopefully Brixton Station will follow

 

[lang rabbie]

It's open - I caught a 77 bus there yesterday.

There are some bizarre features of the layout - northbound 77s appear to depart from the same side as all other south and west bound buses

The paving has been craply done - I could feel the unevenness through my trail shoes - suspect it will start cracking shortly.

I give the stainless steel cladding five years before some fault is discovered that involves stripping it all off.

 

[citydreams]

from TfL:


Press centre
Buses Press Release
3 December 2004

Buses to use Vauxhall Cross Interchange from 4 December

Vauxhall Cross Interchange will be open to buses from 4am on Saturday 4 December 2004. There are currently 13 bus routes through Vauxhall Cross, carrying around 25,000 passengers in peak periods. 12 of these routes will transfer into the new interchange, allowing quick and convenient transfer to tube or rail.

The bus routes that will be using the interchange are as follows:
2, 36, 44, 77, 77A, 88, 156, 185, 322, 344, 360, 436
N2, N36, N44, N77, N88

The interchange will become fully operational in mid December.


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Notes to Editors

The media will be invited to visit the site when it becomes fully operational, further information will be provided shortly.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

from TfL:


Press centre
Buses Press Release
3 December 2004

Buses to use Vauxhall Cross Interchange from 4 December

Vauxhall Cross Interchange will be open to buses from 4am on Saturday 4 December 2004. There are currently 13 bus routes through Vauxhall Cross, carrying around 25,000 passengers in peak periods. 12 of these routes will transfer into the new interchange, allowing quick and convenient transfer to tube or rail.

The bus routes that will be using the interchange are as follows:
2, 36, 44, 77, 77A, 88, 156, 185, 322, 344, 360, 436
N2, N36, N44, N77, N88

The interchange will become fully operational in mid December.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Notes to Editors

The media will be invited to visit the site when it becomes fully operational, further information will be provided shortly.

Does all this actually make the buses go any faster or is it just easier for pedestrians etc.

Can't exactly remember why it was built in the first place it's been so long

 

[chegrimandi]

oh my god, getting out of the tube today.....

it's open!