Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
London Transport (uk.transport.london) Discussion of all forms of transport in London. |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
Blockade of cross London Thameslink services from Saturday 11thSeptember 2004 until 2005
Peter Lawrence wrote:
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:46:46 +0100, Clive Page wrote: In article , eurostardriver writes Kentish Town or West Hampstead provide useful interchanges onto LUL, but some clever person has decided Thameslink services will not call at these stations between 07.30 and 09.30 to prevent overcrowding. Doesn't make much sense to me as this means all passengers will be forced into the Kings Cross/St Pancras area making the overcrowding there 3 times worse. I quite agree: it seems quite crazy....... Can anyone think of the real reason for this closure? It was an LU ploy to get a larger proportion of the fares?? Hardly. Regular commuters travelling onwards from St Pancras by tube will have a Travelcard anyway; people travelling to West Hampstead & Kentish Town are permitted to travel in to St Pancras and return by a northbound train during the closure. Irregular users travelling between Thameslink and LU stations would have to pay a higher proportion of their fare to LU by using West Hampstead or Kentish Town as these are both in Zone 2. I don't think LU would get a noticeably higher proportion of fares whether West Hampstead and Kentish Town were open to southbound TL pax or not! -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
North London Line blockade | London Transport | |||
HEATHROW AIRPORT - PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES - 2005/2006 | London Transport | |||
Old cars or bikes wtd for Primrose Hill Summer Festival, Saturday 25th June 2005 | London Transport | |||
'Structrual damage' at Baker Street AM Friday 11th Feb | London Transport | |||
Open House Weekend 18th and 19th September 2004 | London Transport |