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Originally Posted by allantracy
Hey, what is your beef with the Overground dude? *Give it a chance
will ya.
It's fine for inner London but extending the Overground (Underground
really) concept any further, like to Croydon (for example), is just
too far.
Try the Tube to Heathrow as a particularly **** poor example of the
Underground going too far out – takes forever – and we didn’t always
have Heathrow Express.
It should be horses for courses.
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A sensible criticism of extending the Overground to West Croydon is that
it mainly duplicated a service that was already being provided, in contrast
to the new extension to Clapham Junction. The distance covered is irrelevant.
Extending the Piccadilly Line to Heathrow was an obvious move. Most of
the people who work at Heathrow live locally. They don't travel in from
Central London. Passengers who live further afield are not obliged
to travel by Underground. Many go by minicab, particularly
if they have luggage.