On Jul 12, 6:50*pm, Walter Briscoe
wrote:

In message of Mon, 12 Jul 2010
18:15:29 in uk.transport.london, John C writes:

"Neil Williams" wrote:

Possibly. *But I think going away from Padd that people would as a
whole "default" to the Circle Line, just because that's the known
quantity. *Commuters, of course, will have their own way of doing
things, but there would at least be some split.

If I am heading from Paddington to King's Cross or Liverpool St I
normally take a southbound Bakerloo train to Baker Street and then the
Met line from there. If there is a long wait for the Met I have the
option of using the Circle instead but normally I wait for the Met
because it is less crowded.

If you wait inside the Metropolitan Ticket Hall gateline above the steps
down to platform 5 (eastbound arriving from Edgware Road), you can
monitor train arrival on a screen. There is only a minute's notice for
Circle and Hammersmith & City trains. It took me years of occasional use
to discover that. [...]

That's a useful tip, thanks - as much as waiting for a Met might be
the more civilised choice, I'm often to be found in a rush and caring
little for such niceties!

[...] At the moment, "From Monday 5 until Friday 23 July,
southbound Metropolitan line trains to Aldgate are non-stopping." I
think you may have a good suggestion with respect to Bakerloo usage. I
find queues on arrival at Paddington are not much of a problem as I know
the doors nearest the stairs (16E-2.3 15W-5.2). Leaving from it is vile,
now they have removed the seating and seem to have put in distressed
decoration.