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[email protected] · August 22nd 12, 08:50 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:38:09 -0500
wrote:
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.

This freight business always gets mentioned but in that case can someone
explain why you can stand at an NLL station for ages and absolutely nothing
goes past? Where are all these freight trains , are they stopped somewhere
blocking the line?

B2003