Im doing a essay for A-level on the sphere of influence on East Croydon train station (south London Surrey) Any help as to how to measure the sphere, what the sphere is, why is the sphere on East Croydon so big, how to gather and present data that kind of thing.
2007-09-04 05:25:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Try finding out data on the number of passengers it carries each day.
East Croydon is popular due to fast links to London, regular trains, trains that run through the night, large station with a few shops and a place to grab a drink.
Go on national rail and that will help give you info on the station.
Good luck!
I dropped geography at AS so don't really know how to answer it properly, but hope I helped!! (i live near Croydon, hence my knowledge of the station!!)
2007-09-04 07:09:47 · answer #1 · answered by Emma C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you done any systems analysis? Think of all the things that the Station has an influence/effect on and all the things that have an effect/influence on the Station. Don't get stuck in a rut. Be open minded. Do a bit of brain storming with a few mates. Don't reject any ideas out of hand. You'll be suprised with what you come up with. When your done draw up a diagram with the Station as the centre in a circle. Then add all the other influences as circles, overlapping each other as appropriate according to their influence on the station or being influenced by it, or each other. Use arrows of different colours to indicate the direction of influence. May sound daft but it will help you see clearly the overall picture. When complete it will provide you with a pointer on the data that you want to collect from the main components of the overall system. You should come up with a list that includes, National Government, BR or what ever it's called now, the train operators, the travelling public, local population, Local government, transport infrastructure (roads, bus links etc), vandals, industry, other stations etc. etc. etc.
2016-05-21 01:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by allyson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could start off by looking at direct connections to the stations and then the follow on connections from those stations (as a sort of secondary sphere). I guess you then need to thing about what impact that has on the working population, those wanting to travel and also the social impact that it has, due to the fact that trains run all night from London and Brighton.
2007-09-05 05:16:45 · answer #3 · answered by Jiminy Jip 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did spheres of influence as an 'O' level topic, and they say 'A' levels aren't getting easier
2007-09-05 10:49:01 · answer #4 · answered by stan j 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Croydon_station
Maybe this will help. Check it out.
2007-09-04 05:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋