"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 13:31:40 +0200, "tim......"
wrote:



The ultimate would be to reinstate the junction near Coppermill Line
to give a Chingford - Stratford direct service. Unfortunately TfL do
not consider this to be viable despite the huge loadings on the buses
which run between Chingford and Stratford via Walthamstow and Leyton.

I am sure there are many, many other examples across London.

We could both be surprised..

I spent the first 20 something years of my life living with a stones throw
of the Wimbledon - W Croydon line (and the next 10 years having to return
frequently as my parents still lived there)

For the for 15 years it was a half hourly service (which was frequently
cancelled) and then to avoid the cancellations they switched it to single
train operation and a useless (and hard to remember) every 40 minutes (or
was it 45?). And all the time there was last train of just after 6 o'clock.

It was flipping useless service, which you couldn't rely on, so almost
no-one used it!

Look at it now

Trams every 10 minutes (or is it more frequent than that?), well into the
lat evening, loads of newly opened stations and the trams run full to
bursting. It's hard to believe that it's the same line. Unfortunately, I
have no need to go there now as both parents are long dead.