Thread: TfL's bid to control trains has much going for it - Mark Hansford
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Old July 15th 11, 02:44 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default TfL's bid to control trains has much going for it - Mark Hansford
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:21:37 -0700 (PDT)
1506 wrote:
But TfL is coming from a position of some strength, with the early
indications that its London Overground concession is proving a
storming success.

The performance of the Metropolitan Line Vs. Chiltern tells a very
different story.

I used the ELL to get from highbury to canada water recently. 10 minute
wait at highbury. A pointless 5 minute wait at dalston junction. Then
a what seemed like 25mph max trundle all the way to my stop with 30 waits
at every station whether anyone got out or not. If TfL are modelling the
ELL service on some blueprint by George Stevensons then they've done
quite well.

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