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Old July 5th 07, 11:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Paul Corfield Paul Corfield is offline
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Default Curiosity about delays

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 21:10:29 +0100, "Nicola Redwood"
wrote:

Just wondering what the average length of delay is across the Tube network.
The Customer Charter allows anyone to claim refunds for a delay of 15
minutes or more. I'm guessing therefore that the overall average would be
lower than this.


Don't know if there is an official number but I'd guess from my
knowledge of incidents it was somewhere around the 5-8 minute level as
an average. Yes you get far worse disruptions than this but they are
relatively rare when set against the high volume of short duration
delays that may not be noticeable by some passengers.

On another note, but kinda related - how much extra time do you factor in
for delays whilst travelling to work to ensure you get there in time. I
leave at 8:30am for a journey from Blackhorse Road to Brent Cross to arrive
for 10am and still can often be 5 mins late


I'd allow at least 20 minutes BHR - Kings Cross, 10 mins to change and
wait for an Edgware train and then maybe 25 mins KX - Brent Cross
allowing for a possible crawl through Camden Town junctions. Are you
just going to Brent Cross station or catching a 210 bus on to the
shopping centre? I'd add at least another 20 mins if catching a bus as
at that time of day the bus service will be wrecked in the aftermath of
the school run congestion.

You have my sympathies though - that type of journey is not very easy on
London's transport network. Ideally you should be able to make a quick
orbital journey instead. I'd almost be tempted to try the Overground
train from BHR to Upper Holloway and then take a short walk to Archway
tube station to pick up the 210 bus direct to Brent Cross. Although the
train is only every 30 mins or so it shuttles across to Holloway quite
quickly. Might be worth an experiment one day to see how it goes. When
TfL take over the line they propose increasing the frequency to a train
every 15 minutes which I think would make it a more viable proposition
in terms of less risk of a long wait for a train.

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Paul C


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