On 12 Jun, 18:40, Tom Anderson wrote:
Jon Morris's point, which
you've helpfully snipped, that "the service frequency from King's Cross to
Blackfriars makes it almost as good as any other tube line" is also shown
to be an outrageous lie - 8 tph is barely a turn-up-and-go frequency, and
not what i call tube frequency.

I think a train every 7.5 minutes - or twice that if you need go to
stations that aren't covered by the fast trains) - is quite frequent
and certainly a lot better than alternative ways of cutting through
town in a straight line. You can certainly turn up and go most of the
time, although colleagues at work do look at the timetable. Now, at
Farringdon where I work, you should also use a timetable for the tube
lines - but I bet few people do, even though there is obviously a set
pattern for H&C, Circle and Met line trains. Rest assured, if you need
one specific service you'll potentially wait just as long as for a TL
train.

Perhaps if you've been unlucky enough to
grow up out in the western branches of the Magical District Line Tree, you
might think so, but as someone who lives at Finsbury Park, i don't.

....As someone who used to use Finsbury Park every day (but now goes
through it), I can agree that the Victoria line is certainly better -
but many - or most - other lines (especially in the outer reaches -
such as Oakwood and Cockfosters which were other stations I used a
lot) are anything up to 10 minutes apart or more at certain times of
the day. It's certainly not just the District Line which I've never
understood properly.

Remember, if you're after the Piccadilly Line from Finsbury Park in
the off peak period and want to go to beyond the centre of town then
you'll need to divide up the service frequency between trains going to
different destinations. Lord knows how I used to manage getting to
Oakwood when so many trains suddenly changed to be turned back at
Arnos Grove with about one stations notice!

Jonathan