Talk:London Bridge station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	Trains Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. See also: WikiProject Trains to do list
	This article lacks sufficient references and/or adequate inline citations.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale. (assessment comments)
Mid	This article has been rated as mid-importance within the Trains WikiProject.
	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Stations.
	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Rapid transit.
	This article is within the scope of WikiProject UK Railways. High Importance: high within UK Railways WikiProject.
	This article is within the scope of WikiProject London Transport. High This article has been rated as high-importance within the London Transport WikiProject.
	This article needs a map. Please work with the Maps task force to create and add a map to this article. Once the requested map is added, remove the Mapneeded parameter from the {{TrainsWikiProject}} template call on this page to remove this map request.

	This article is part of WikiProject London, an attempt to expand, improve and standardise the content and structure of articles related to London. If you would like to participate, you can improve the article attached to this page or sign up and contribute in a wider array of articles.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.
High	This article has been rated as high-importance on the importance scale.

[edit] chronology

The railway "chronology" appears twice. I think it would be better if it was written in continuous prose. 13:42 15th May 2006

[edit] 1836, 1838 or 1839?

The article currently states that the station opened in 1838, then goes on in the chronology to detail the two stations dating from 1836 and 1839. If the chronology is correct (citation???) then the summary above it is wrong. Does someone have access to some reliable (and citable) information? StephenDawson 14:31, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Some good data at kent rail, never had a chance to amke full use of the excellent site across wikipedia. Pickle 19:20, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "easy walking distance" seems like a very debatable phrase

"London Bridge is one of three rail termini in London not to have either a direct connection to, or within easy walking distance of, the Circle Line, the others being Marylebone and Waterloo."

You come out of the station, you're at the southern end of the bridge, you cross the bridge, you're at the north end of the bridge, you're at Monument, voila, circle line. From an admittedly rough squint at Multimap, it's maybe 7-800m. From memory, maybe 5-6 minutes. Do we really live in an age where 700m is considered too far to be easy walking distance!?

Now, before anyone jumps in... I realise it's not going to be so easy, and you don't cover 700m in 6min, if you're of low mobility (eldery, disabled, wearing stupid shoes, etc).

Which I suppose brings me to my point that this phrase is sufficiently subjective to be arguably meaningless in an encyclopaedic context. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.7.47 (talk) 19:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)