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eastender[_5_] · December 4th 15, 09:19 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2015-12-04 09:54:47 +0000, d said:

Having been criticised on here for saying the service was poor and not well
used from Highbury I decided to give it another go. So at 8.45 I arrived on
the platform to have the driver shut the doors in my face even though he
could see me running down the stairs. Waited for next train which was already
running late and ELEVEN minutes later we finally left with a train 50% full
when it used to be crush loading from Highbury when I used it regularly. Then
it pottered along at a snails pace all the way to Canada Water.

So I stand by what I said - the service on this line is pathetic and it has
clearly been abandoned by a large number of commuters.

The service from Highbury runs at 7 or 8 min intevals at that time and
if not there must have been disruption.

If you were there at 8.45 the next train is 8.49. So I think you missed
that or the 8.41.

You seem to expect a train at the terminus to be fully loaded - I doubt
this is the case on many routes.

The fact is that passenger journeys have nearly tripled on the
Overground since 2010.

E.