wrote:
Apparently there was no service in the Moorgate line this morning because
of issues with the overhead at Drayton park. Is there a case for extending
the 3rd rail to finsbury park so if something like this does happen or a
trains pan fails then passengers could at least get to finsbury which is a
lot more useful than middle-of-nowhere drayton park?


Well in the morning the predominant flow is south into the City, so apart
from whatever trains that may have got stuck at Drayton Park I'd guess that
most pax did indeed get to Finsbury Park (where they turned the trains this
morning? KX doesn't have the capacity to handle the GN inner-suburbans on
top of its normal weekday peak traffic).

For those stuck at Drayton Park, one way of continuing would be to walk
round the corner to Holloway Rd tube station on your favourite Piccadilly
line (pretty sure there's a local area map at Drayton Park, and poss. also
street signs that point the way to the tube station - though perhaps not, as
said signs might be designed for the benefit of Arsenal crowds, and Holloway
Rd tube station is closed before and after matches).