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Old June 14th 05, 11:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Improvements to the North London Line

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, asdf wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:48:58 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 wrote:

Dave Arquati wrote:

wrote:


91m package of improvements to the North London Line


the 3 car trains from Euston to Watford Junc needed extra carriages
when you see the overcrowding


The same could be said about the trains on the WAGN lines. I really
don't get Ken's infatuation with the NLL; it's just not serving a
corridor with heavy demand,



Have you BEEN on it during the peaks?



It has peaks?


I'm sure this conversation has been done before not long ago...

The NLL is *busy*! Particularly so during the peaks - but the trains
load well in the offpeaks too! I've been on NLL trains on Sundays where
every seat has been occupied - and sometimes that's even when part of
the line is bustituted.

Even the comparatively short WLL is pretty busy in the peaks, on the
Silverlink shuttle services which only call at 4 stations. There are
proposals to introduce eight-car trains on it in the future when funds
become available for resignalling.

There is demand for inner London orbital rail services. Apparently even
the GOBLIN can get overcrowded during the peaks, and that has tiny
trains and a rubbish frequency!

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