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Old October 3rd 07, 07:33 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Great Northern inner surburban services - London travelwatch reponse to RUS

On Oct 3, 8:29 am, MIG wrote:
On Oct 3, 5:26 am, Tom Anderson wrote:





On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, MIG wrote:
On Oct 2, 9:42 pm, "Clive D. W. Feather" cl...@on-the-
train.demon.co.uk wrote:
In article , Mark Brader
writes


How much time does that save over running in service?
12.5 minutes.
[Moorgate to WGC: 46 minutes in service, 33.5 minutes ECS.]
What if they ran back in service, but nonstop?


I suspect the number of passengers wanting to go end-to-end contra-peak
is tiny compared with the confusion caused by having just two or three
non-stop services in an otherwise clockface timetable.


At any time of day, I am not really clear why anyone getting on at
Moorgate wants all stations


?


Why wouldn't they? A stopping train is what you want for local journeys,
which, if anything, will be more prevalent outside the peaks, when all
those long-distance commuters are safely locked up at work.


That's not my question. I am saying why is it everyone getting on at
Moorgate who wants all stations and everyone getting on at Kings Cross
wants fast or semifast?

I can't see why there couldn't be a pattern at any time of day that
included some stopping and some less-stopping from both Moorgate and
Kings Cross.

My only guess is that they'd want to combine less-stopping with longer
distance, and not have enough 313s, but that's nothing to do with
passenger demand.-


And 313s not being suitable of course.