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[email protected] · December 24th 09, 10:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article . li,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, MIG wrote:

On 23 Dec, 16:54, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, John B wrote:
On Dec 23, 12:24*am, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:29:01 -0600,
wrote:

I'm appalled and disgusted that the manifold deficiencies in
passenger information and facilities for people changing trains
at Edgware Road were not addressed in the slightest before TfL
destroyed the Circle Line.

MX of the first week of it is that the Circle Line's atrocious
punctuality did not appear to have improved much, though it would
be genuinely interesting to see figures.

But 6tph *nowhere near* fulfils the demand that exists on the
Circle Line.

Yes it does: not very many people want to use the Circle-specific
bits.

Might it not actually be worth considering cutting other lines
short (e.g. terminating more Met trains at Baker St) so that the
Circle frequency can be increased?

No. The core demand for passenger journeys is far greater between
Metroland and the City than between Notting Hill and the City. The
same applies for Essex-City journeys versus Liverpool St-Tower Hill
journeys.

I do wish people would stop referring to East London as Essex. As
someone who is actually from Essex, it is highly distressing.

Maybe if they did, they could stop referring to North London as
East London at the same time.

As someone who actually lives in the bit of North London that risks
being referred to as East London, i am strongly behind this as well!

As someone brought up in Putney, you're all North Londoners to me!

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Colin Rosenstiel