Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
In message , Paul Corfield
writes
so they haven't got a strategy available to do anything sensible.

TfL have limited rights with respect to main line rail and can offer to
fund extra services. However if there is no capacity available to run
them it is a somewhat academic exercise surely?


I suppose being the average commuter I just see it a fairly simple
thing. I wait on a platform for ten minutes in the cold and know there
won't be another train for fifteen minutes if I miss it.

So there are large gaps in the service and lots of people either crammed
onto trains or seeking alternative routes.

Solution: run more trains !!

To be honest if I lived south of Palmers Green I wouldn't even attempt
to use the service because the trains are so crushed when they arrive at
Hornsey or Harringay.

I'm sure I remember Ken promising better transport if we had the
congestion charge, and I've yet to see any improvements.

South of Palmers Green you have alternative stations on the Piccadilly
Line for each station:

Bowes Park-Bounds Green about 2-3 minutes walk
Alexander Palace-Wood Green. Probably about 5 minutes
Hornsey-Turnpike Lane. About 5 minutes?
Harringay-Manor House. Probably a fair bit

At least at Palmers Green you have the semi-fast trains that return
that skip out Bowes Park, the station that gets the poorest service in
the evening rush hour (although there is the alternative of Bounds
Green).

In the morning heading South from Bowes Park the service is not bad -
trains usually every 7-8 minutes which is far better than the
Thameslink line.

There is a gap of 20 minutes though between 7:31 and 7:51 and I think
another one between 8:38 and 8:58.