On 10 Oct, 06:11, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, lonelytraveller wrote:
On 9 Oct, 11:27, John B wrote:
On 9 Oct, 08:24, lonelytraveller

wrote:

However, if they stay on their Thameslink train from Stevenage or
King's Lynn, they will be able to change onto Crossrail at Farringdon
and head westwards then.

After having headed eastwards about a mile further than they needed to
go.

In a similar vein, nobody ever uses the Northern Line to travel
between Euston and the City.

Yes they do. Lots of people work around Bank, Moorgate, and Old
Street.

I thought John was being sarcastic.

It would be more similar to say that no-one ever uses the Northern Line
to travel between Euston and Kensington, which is generally the case.

That's not such a good analogy, because the Northern line does not go
between to Kensington. Did you mean Kennington, or am i missing your
point?
You are missing my point. The issue was people who would be travelling
to the west end from Stevenage/Kings Lynn; it was suggested that they
remain on Thameslink until farringdon. I disputed the wisdom of this
because it takes them further east than they would need to go. The
remark was made that this is similar to no-one using the Northern line
to travel to the City from Euston, but I disputed this, because the
City is in the same direction; I suggested that a more similar
comparison is using the Northern line to travel to Kensington -
because Kensington isn't on the northern line, and is some way west of
it - it would be obviously better to go via the Victoria line and then
change somewhere.