New stations - do TOCs [secretly] hate them?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Quays_railway_station

London Underground annual entry and exit
2007 2.456 million
2008 0 (closed) million
2009 0 (closed) million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11 1.150 million

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherhithe_railway_station

London Underground annual entry and exit
2006 1.309 million
2007 1.294 million
2008 0 (closed) million
2009 0 (closed) million

National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11 0.687 million

Do these figures both cover a full year?

No they don't. The 2007 data finished in late December (so virtually 12 months) when the ELL closed, whilst (for the National Rail data) preview services only kicked off in late April and the full timetable kicked off in late May.

 

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Well, Virgin would certainly be interested in serving another part of Preston to benefit intercity customers in the west of Preston.
I might walk down and take a look at the site later, it's like a 5 minute walk from my house the new station site.

The problem is size and timing. If Virgin (other inter-city TOCs are available) want to run Blackpool - Euston missing out some of the bits in the middle, a Poulton-le-Fylde sized station in the suburbs of Preston is not going to be attractive to them.