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Old September 19th 17, 05:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default Why is the piccadilly line so slow?

In message , at
14:13:20 on Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Robin remarked:
I wonder why covent garden was spared? Its a small cramped station
that can't
really cope with evening crowds and its literally a 3-4 minute walk to
leicester square. Its a bit of an anomoly IMO.


IMO the explanation is lots of tourists, who support lots of shops and
restaurants, who pay lots of business rates,


Unlike the rest of the country, are London business rates kept by the
local authority, or are they just general revenue kept by the Treasury?

add up to a good case not to make it harder for tourists to find Covent
Garden (on the tube map) and get there.


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