"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...

I'm surprised to hear that. Never thought of it as much of a place. Here
are today's numbers (total annual entry + exit, in millions, from TfL [1],
with rank in this list):


Tooting Broadwy 10.567 1


Interesting. Why is Tooting Broadway so busy? Bus feeders, or just a
really densely populated area? St George's hospital and Wimbledon dog
track?


Tooting Broadway picks up most of the London-bound bus traffic from Mitcham,
which is very poorly served by public transport.

Another reason is that Tooting National Rail station only has a rubbish
half-hourly service to central London, which simply isn't good enough for
turn-up-and-go, so people in the South Tooting / North Mitcham area where
the station is located will largely use Tooting Broadway instead.

Conversely, South Wimbledon isn't far from Wimbledon, from where one can get
to London very quickly on National Rail, which would explain it being the
most lightly used.

BTN