Dave Arquati wrote:
I'm not saying that the GN stations are inconveniently located for
*everyone* - obviously some destinations will be closer to the GN
stations than the Piccadilly ones, and some bus connections will be more
easily made at GN stations. On balance, however, major destinations and
bus connections are easier at Picc stations simply because the Picc
follows the main road.

It follows the A105 for 3 consecutive stops. Apart from that it doesn't
follow any main road,
although many of the stations are on main roads. Of the GN stations the
following are on
classified roads:

Moorgate (A501). Old Street (A501/A5201), Essex Road (A1200/A104),
Highbury & Islington (A1 plus close to A1200, A1199). Finsbury Park
(A503/A1201)
Hornsey (A103), Harringay (B138), Alexandra Palace(B151, close enough),

Palmers Green (A1004/A105 close enough), New Southgate (A109). The only
ones
that are not during this phase are Drayton Park and Bowes Park, and the
latter of
those is only about 1-2 minutes' walk from the A109. Drayton Park
serves Arsenal FC
fairly well.

I imagine GN stations will also be more convenient if you are starting
near another GN station, but the Picc has a much better catchment area
(particularly because it serves central London directly).

So does GN if your destination happens to be Moorgate, i.e. the City.
And if your
destination is on the Victoria Line (mine is when I use Oxford Circus
on a Monday),
then you have a convenient change at Highbury & Islington,
cross-platform, although
it's true you can stay on until Finsbury Park and have a cross-platform
link there too
to the Piccadilly Line.

I also think it happens to be nicer travelling over-ground. On the GN
you are above the
ground from Drayton Park onward, whilst on the Piccadilly Line you have
to wait until
just after Bounds Green.