London Banter - View Single Post - 5 car Overground trains to Watford Junction

Recliner[_3_] · January 12th 15, 01:10 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:49:03 +0000
Neil Williams wrote:
On 2015-01-12 09:04:22 +0000, d said:

Their top speed isn't the issue - its 75mph according to wonkypedia. Its
their
acceleration. On the ELL they're so slow off the mark they barely get up to
any
decent speed before they have to slow down again for the next stop. I can
only
assume the stations on the watford branch are further apart. Either that or
we
enter conspiracy theory land and assume there's a deliberate policy on the
ELL
to provide a slow service.

Could there be something about not overloading the power systems? I

I'd imagine the power systems on the northern part of the ELL are all brand
new so I wouldn't have thought so. But who knows these days, cost cutting seems
to be the #1 priority.

There wouldn't be an Overground service at all if that was the case.