On Fri, 13 May 2011 19:08:45 +0100
Paul Terry wrote:
I don't understand why the trains run so slowly. 20mph seems to be the
max in town.

Faster speeds require a greater distance between trains, so if they ran
faster there would be no improvement in frequency (which tends to be the
thing that matters for most people).

Sure, but they run slowly even when there isn't a train in front for
literally miles because you've just waited 10 minutes for one to show up.
Even on long sections between kings cross and angel they seem to trundle
along at their own leisurely pace. I don't understand why they bothered to
spend all that money on new trains in the 90s if theres no improvement
in service speed from using them. 15 years is long enough to up the line
speed.

B2003