Whilst looking at other stuff - as one does these days - I came across a DoT paper concerning the
Proposed closure of Angel Road station in NE London dated 2018. In the responses to the proposed closure, 21 respondents called for the footbridge there (an overhead electrified line) be relocated to Pilning (page 3). Don't know what subsequently became of this as Angel Road closed in 2019.
The report hints ...
27 responses to the consultation were received by the Department during the consultation period, including from London TravelWatch, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, Rail Future and private individuals.
21 responses had a common theme in calling for the footbridge at Angel Road station to be dismantled and re-erected at Pilning station on the Great Western Mainline. This has no bearing on the closure of Angel Road station so the matter of any future use of the footbridge at another location has been referred to Network Rail and will not be dealt with further in this summary.
and that suggests to me that the inputs were too significant to ignore, but not overwhelming enough for anyone to follow the suggestions. So the
DfT» were seen to be "helpfully" kicking the ball to someone else (actually their own agency!) who had a patch of long grass / filing cabinet waiting for it.