On Aug 20, 8:23*pm, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:17:59 -0700 (PDT), John B
wrote:

Really? Unless things have changed a lot since it was Silverlink
County, I'm sceptical - I've *never* seen a peak SC train that was
overcrowded. But maybe my experience commuting on the NLL has
permanently warped my understanding of what the term "overcrowded"
means when applied to a train.

And I enjoy my daily pretty-much-guaranteed seat on some LM services.
But I only really get that by turning up quite early on the way home
(except during August when things are a bit quieter). *Anyway, just
because some services are crush-loaded doesn't mean they all should
be.


Surprisingly I find it worse during August. I think this is because of
the number of families on a day trip to London for who the obvious
'home time' is the evening rush, but this maybe because I'm on the
shorter range trains.