"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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From another point of view, I find it unlikely that more people want to
travel to the immediate vicinity of Euston than people who want to
continue further into either the City or West End.

The Bakerloo provides a service direct to the West End, and to all parts
of the City with a single change. Euston provides a direct service to
neither, requiring a single change in both cases. Euston also has an
interchange disadvantage compared to Bakerloo stations, particularly when
transferring to Euston Square.

Using the Bakerloo to reach the City must have a slightly slower journey
time, but the disbenefit for those travelling to the City is probably well
offset by the money saved from not running the Silverlink services. If the
Bakerloo were cut back instead of Silverlink, then everyone wishing to
reach anywhere not in the immediate vicinity of Euston will have to change
to the Underground - but if the Bakerloo provides the sole service, then
only passengers travelling to the City have to change - and they had to
anyway.

It's not just the City, Bloomsbury is most easily accessed from Euston, and
I found interchange to St Pancras and King's Cross (and of course Euston)
rail services quicker by foot from Euston than from a Bakerloo line station.

Euston also has step free access which no Bakerloo line stations in the
centre provides.

Dave.




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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London