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Old November 21st 14, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by D A Stocks[_2_] View Post
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The speed of the Overground from highbury down to shadwell is
underwhelming
to say the least. Slow ponderous acceleration up to probably nothing more
than
25mph and then braking from what seems like 300m before the station. Are
the
378s just not up to the job of running a metro service or is there a
deliberate
policy of a leisurely pace to operations?

--
Spud


I did a trip from Sydenham to Hoxton the other day and the trains seem to
run to reasonable speed out on the main line south of New Cross Gate. The
East London Line was always a rather leisurely affair in its Underground
days so I suspect the Overground has inherited the same line speeds.

--
DAS
Long, long ago the service from Richmond via Highbury & Islington terminated
at Broad Street, not Stratford. (There were no passenger trains between
Canonbury and Stratford!) Between Dalston Junction and Old Street, those
trains ran quite a bit faster than the current Overground trains.
 
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