On 2 Oct, 21:42, "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.

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In the morning peak three services start from Gordon Hill (last
station in Greater London, I think). If this is done in the evening
peak then the time difference between an ECS from Hertford and an in-
service train from Gordon Hill is zero. Only problem is then for
Cuffley and Hertford North passengers (Crews Hill is skipped by one in
three trains in the peak anyway). Not as big a deal as they would only
be down to four an hour.

IMHO the problem within Londonstems from running too many trains
through to Stevenage & Letchworth. Stevenage is fair enough, but
better connections from their to Letchworth branch would save 30 mins
per trip.

What you're all missing here is that people do use contra-flow trains
to get to work. Nowhere near the same number of people use the contra-
flow services, but can you blame them? If you need to get to work and
one of the half hourlies is cancelled you're f****d.