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Old September 17th 03, 07:51 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Matthew Malthouse Matthew Malthouse is offline
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Default Victoria Line This Morning

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:12:09 +0000 (UTC) simon wrote:
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} "Paul Weaver" wrote in message
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} Delays on Vict. line this morning, defective train at Blackhorse.
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} I start commuting walthemstow central - white city on Monday, the
} trips I've done so far suggest a 50 minute door-door so I'm planning
} on 1h 10 just to be safe. How often are there delays (and how long) on
} the victoria? how frequent are the overground trains?
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} The overground Chingford to Liv.st trains run every 15-20 mins, I've always
} thought quite a good service. Seem to be more delays in the evening than
} the morning. Next sure how busy the central line would be from Liv.st
} toWhite City though.

The Central tends to be crowded during rush hour and Liverpool Street is
busy. But there are many people getting off as well as on so there's
possbly a reasonable chance of getting a seat.

} The Victoria has been good for the last couple of months, very few major
} delays. Last autumn/winter seemed worse than previous years.

Matthew
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