In reply to news post, which Peter Smyth
wrote on Fri, 6 Feb 2004 -

"Matthew P Jones" wrote in message
...

Now that funding the LUL is being sorted out perhaps some planning for
the Met can take place. New trains will arrive (OK in a few years) and
perhaps they can further tweak the signals and service patter to make
things more reliable - why do so many trains go to Watford and Uxbridge
with a lot at times almost empty?

Part of the 'turn up and go' policy requires timetabling of services to
run
to all destinations every 10 minutes.


Well perhaps for obvious reasons, there is no 10 minute service to
Amersham! I just wonder if they could tweak it to spread the service
more evenly to Uxbridge, Watford and Amersham - or even introduce
services that start and stop at Harrow and Rickmansworth

But there is a train every 10 minutes from London to Amersham if you include
the 2 Chiltern services.

Yes on average there is a 10 minute service, but some of the Chiltern
peak services do not stop at all stations and the two through Chesham
trains can make for an uneven pattern of service from Baker Street to
Amersham. Things are a lot better than they used to be, but having
waited on many occasions at Harrow for over 30 minutes during the rush
hour for a train to Amersham, it is incredible how many Watford and
Uxbridge trains go through half empty. The trains arrive well loaded at
Harrow and many people seem to then be waiting for trains to stations
from Rickmansworth onwards.

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