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[email protected] · August 21st 12, 04:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article 2012082116304797115-nospam@nospamcom,
(eastender) wrote:

On 2012-08-21 15:05:37 +0000, Paul Scott said:

8 tph max end to end in the peaks (on the NLL) is actually an
improvement over the original proposed timetable - which would only
have had 6 tph west of Camden Rd, with 2 tph from Stratford
terminating there.

Likewise the ELL service has never been described as anything
higher than 'up to' 18 tph in the peak on the core section, and 8
tph between Highbury and Dalston Jn.

Any idea why the NLL frequency is much lower than the ELL? The ELL is
a very handy service in my view - I rarely have to wait as long as 5
mins at Dalston J. But I used the NLL yesterday morning at about
10.30 am and it had a 10 minute service interval, and the trains are
more crowded anyway.

The NLL is also a busy freight route. Ken had to fight hard to get the
present frequencies.

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Colin Rosenstiel