On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:51:54 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
I wasn't convinced - they seemed very plasticky inside and the
stations were very small with narrow stairs and platforms. The
connecting doors between cars were also locked shut so no escape if
there was a fire in one car. Of course I only had a short visit so
there may well be safety features that I missed.

Hopefully there's a manual door release handle hidden somewhere. Either that
or French elf n softies is somewhat more lax than here.

It doesn't avoid Zone 1 as the DfT forced TfL to put Shoreditch High
St station inside Zone 1 to avoid abstraction of city bound commuters
from Southern and South Eastern. I don't have a Z1 ticket so I avoid

Never realised that. What a penny pinchingly vindictive thing to do.

Still it is not devoid of patronage with huge numbers connecting via
Canada Water from the south. I still think the line is well worth
having as with the rest of the Overground network. I dread to think

Certainly its better than nothing, but if the northern part intersected
with more tube lines it would be even more useful. As it is it merrily
bypasses the piccadilly, both branches of the northern and the central line
at acton. Obviously this isn't TfLs fault as its the way it was built, but
it wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to sort something out. Mind you , it might
be beyond the wit of TfL - the organisation that built a new station at
white city/wood lane for the H&C but didn't provide in gate access to white
city on the central line when it would only have required a new walkway.

B2003