On 10 June, 23:33, asdf wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:33:12 +0100, Paul Corfield wrote:
It is very odd that the TfL website doesn't seem to deal with Overground
service status terribly well.

It looks like the NLL and Euston Watfords are suffering a bit "due to an
unusually large passenger flow" - what a lovely turn of phrase.

They're crowded enough in the a.m. peak on a normal day (to the point
of people regularly being left behind on the platform) - I was a bit
surprised that media reports were emphasising that the route was
running, as most people wouldn't have a hope of getting on.

And on top of the strike, the London Midland service was well and
truly stuffed by a signal failure in the Carpenders Park area.

So I imagine the sport of "how many people can you fit in a 313?" was
well practised this morning.

Apparantly LO are running additional services Harrow & Wealdstone -
Kilburn High Road, to take some of the load off. There was certainly a
313 in Harrow sidings yesterday morning and there platform displays
were advertising the service this morning too.

From experience, the LO trains are full on the Euston to/from about
Willesden / Wembley section during a normal peak, but you can usually
get on. As soon as there is any disruption to either the London
Midland or Bakerloo services, you'd be hard put to get on at
intermediate stations. Yesterday things wouldn't have been helped by
the lack of Southern services, as these are quite busy on Watford -
Shepherds Bush / Kensington Olympia leg and this was the part
cancelled due to the Carpenders Park problem.