On 9 May 2005, TheOneKEA wrote:

John Rowland wrote:

Only their long distance passengers. Their lack of interest in serving
local London journeys is blatant and seemingly out of character.

I suspect that this treatment of local London passengers is not entirely
down to any malicious reasons

I'd probably agree - Hanlon's razor and all that. Perhaps the reason
they're not too bothered about the inner suburban services is that the
ridership is so low, Chiltern don't consider them a significant customer
base, and so they don't devote much energy or money to looking after them.
Of course, the other way of looking at it is that if they did take more
care over suburban services, they might become a more significant customer
group!

- I would point to infrastructure constraints as the primary reason,
closely followed by lack of ridership, proximity to higher-frequency
transport and unsuitable journey opportunities - does anyone living at
Northolt Park, Sudbury Hill, Sudbury & Harrow Road or Wembley Stadium
want to go anywhere that can be reached from Marylebone or the Ruislips?

That is the major problem with Chiltern. Roll on Crossrail 4!

tom

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