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September 19th 17, 05:28 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Why is the piccadilly line so slow?
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ember.org, at 14:05:01 on Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Recliner
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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, add up to a good case not
to make it harder for tourists to find Covent Garden (on the tube map)
and get there.
I suspect the opera house is more likely to be the reason. Covent
Garden was still a fruit market when the other Picc stations closed.
And flower market.
Not to mention the LT Museum _ wouldn't it be embarrassing to close the
nearest station to it?
The museum opened in 1980, when were the closures of York Rd,
Brompton Rd etc?
Almost fifty years earlier I think.
1934. The stations were closed because they were lightly trafficked. Also,
Down St was closed because it was in effect merged with Dover St to make
Green Park.
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