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Old November 26th 14, 01:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Overground speed - or lack thereof

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 01:04:19PM +0000, d wrote:
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:32:45 +0000
David Cantrell wrote:
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:01:52AM +0000,
d wrote:
Its supposed to be a turn up and go metro service. I doubt anyone seriously
checks the timetable beforehand. So long as trains turn up every 3 or 4
minutes thats all that matters.

They don't. They turn up every fifteen minutes, with a load of trains
going to places I don't care about in between.

Oh well, serves you right for living south of the river!


Unfortunately TfL seem to agree with you.

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