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Old March 21st 08, 04:28 PM posted to uk.transport.london
[email protected] johnoflondon@googlemail.com is offline
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Default East Putney station

On 20 Mar, 17:25, Mizter T wrote:
On 20 Mar, 17:09, MIG wrote:



On Mar 20, 4:30 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:


MIG wrote:


On Mar 20, 3:48 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:


A check today on SWT's journey planner shows a 6 tph frequency
Wimbledon - Clapham Junction & return on Saturday.


Two of them (taking 28 minutes) are by bus, presumably serving
Earlsfield.


The other four are down to take 15 minutes. The usual journey time is
7 minutes, so that would seem to confirm that they are not going the
usual way, although I would have thought that 15 minutes, via a single
track connection and fitting in with the District Line is a bit
ambitious.


I'm reading it as there are 6 tph and 3 buses. SWT's display only shows 5

l.
Although there is no sign on TfL's site of any service 'reductions' on the
District Line, could they be running a reduced frequency compared to a
normal Saturday


As well as six non-stop services each way threading between stopping
services, that's twelve tph in total down a single track at East
Putney and also fitting in between regular services to and from Putney
on the flat.


However there's no 'Wimbleware' service for the whole long weekend, as
there's no (District/Circle) trains running between Edgware Road and
Earls Court/Gloucester Rd. Perhaps this does point to a reduced
frequency on the District from Wimbledon this weekend then.


Thanks guys for the information.
Today Good Friday, I have been riding the line in both directions,
there seem to be plenty of trains possibly 4 an hour in each
direction. Just get a train from platform 6 at Clapham Junction that
is going next stop Wimbledeon. At Wimbledeon get a Waterloo train with
Clapham Juntion as the first stop.
They did announce on one train that it would be going through East
Putney.
Nice views from the train as travels up alongside the Windsor/ Reading
lines, before branching of to East Putney, then straight through
Southfields and Wimbledeon Park.
District line trains also running on line.
Will be back tommorow to take some photos from East Putney station.
This is a rare opportunity to see frequent service by Network Rail
along this line.

John