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New Towns - suitable stations? - AQ21/2025
 
New Towns - suitable stations? - AQ21/2025
Posted by grahame at 07:38, 21st December 2025
 
Our government is planning to provide substantial extra housing around existing infrastructure such as railway stations.  It makes sense rather than building isolated and unconnected communities on fields in the middle of nowhere.  There's more to it than that, though - considerations that it's not wise to build on land that will flood, nor in places so far from anywhere that there's no business  case / prospect of work in reasonable commute distance.  And other services too.  Nor can you really build residences on and where there are already a load of residences unless you're redeveloping tired neighbourhoods or infilling.

Here are 10 maps of random railway stations and there immediate areas, each anonymised.  Which look like they may be candidates for new housing or industry and can you identify where they are?

A.


B.


C.


D.


E.


F.


G.


H.


I.


J.

Re: New Towns - suitable stations? - AQ21/2025
Posted by bradshaw at 08:15, 21st December 2025
 
F Falmouth

Re: New Towns - suitable stations? - AQ21/2025
Posted by John D at 09:14, 21st December 2025
 
A) The First one is Bounds Green, north London

Re: New Towns - suitable stations? - AQ21/2025
Posted by stuving at 09:53, 21st December 2025
 
E. Earlsfield.

 
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