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Old September 21st 17, 08:32 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Why is the piccadilly line so slow?

On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:53:15 -0700 (PDT)
Offramp wrote:
On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 14:34:39 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote:

The working timetables are all online at
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publica...ing-timetables


Krapy Rubsnif to Kings Cross:
Vic = 310 seconds N/B or 315 seconds S/B
Picc = 7.5 minutes N/B or 8 minutes S/B
About 2.5 minutes difference

KX to Green Park:
Vic = 400 seconds N/B or 390 seconds S/B
Picc = 10 minutes N/B or 9.5 minutes S/B
About 3.5 minutes difference


Those are the official times. The OP thinks that Picc trains are running much
slower in real life, causing people to bail out at Finsbury.


They are. Often they'll sit at finsbury on the S/B for 1-2 minutes presumably
to "regulate the service" (ie sort out their timetable ****ups) and then
you'll have the endless delays up to KX and through the west end. On the times
I've taken the picc to green park it often takes 10 mins and now and then 15
mins longer than the victoria line on a bad day. N/B i simply don't bother with,
I just head straight to the vic platforms to start with.