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December 10th 04, 06:53 PM
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Victoria Line on Friday
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December 11th 04, 10:55 AM
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:53:52 +0000, Dave Newt wrote:
wrote: I bet that there was a lot of them. More cost effective to bus the dozen or passengers I would have thought. You're joking, yeah? I take it you haven't been there on a weekday morning. There are very often no seats by Blackhorse Road. Most of those on the seats are going to Zone 1. If the service ends at severn sisters, they'd have to change onto national rail. IIRC, All stations North of Serven Sisters has national rail lines into Liverpool street (and nowhere else), so theres no benefit. Perhaps going to Tottenham Hale and changing to get to Stansted. Of course, the 50 or so an hour that use the Victoria Line between these stations (and not furthur) could be sent by bus, but that would take forever, and that's not why they buy season tickets. |
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December 12th 04, 08:59 AM
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:55:14 +0000, Paul Weaver
wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:53:52 +0000, Dave Newt wrote: wrote: I bet that there was a lot of them. More cost effective to bus the dozen or passengers I would have thought. You're joking, yeah? I take it you haven't been there on a weekday morning. There are very often no seats by Blackhorse Road. Most of those on the seats are going to Zone 1. If the service ends at severn sisters, they'd have to change onto national rail. Well I opted for a bus to Turnpike Lane and then the Tube. Strangely the buses were not inundated as they usually are when there's a problem on the Victoria Line so I assume that people did find the service between Walthamstow and Seven Sisters some use. IIRC, All stations North of Seven Sisters has national rail lines into Liverpool street (and nowhere else), so theres no benefit. Perhaps going to Tottenham Hale and changing to get to Stansted. There are plenty of bus links from the stations on the north end of the line as well as NR links. You would find that the Victoria Line would be far busier on this section if the parallel bus services were reduced or removed. There are very large numbers of people who travel between Walthamstow and Seven Sisters and beyond by bus (123 or 230) or who change to other buses heading north or south or west at Tottenham Hale (41 and 192) or Seven Sisters (41 plus the obvious routes to Edmonton and Enfield as well as into town). Of course, the 50 or so an hour that use the Victoria Line between these stations (and not furthur) could be sent by bus, but that would take forever, and that's not why they buy season tickets. It doesn't take forever by bus (loads of people opt to use the bus in preference to the tube) and there are certainly more than 50 people per hour using the tube just over this section. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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December 12th 04, 01:53 PM
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Paul Weaver wrote:
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:53:52 +0000, Dave Newt wrote: wrote: I bet that there was a lot of them. More cost effective to bus the dozen or passengers I would have thought. You're joking, yeah? I take it you haven't been there on a weekday morning. There are very often no seats by Blackhorse Road. Most of those on the seats are going to Zone 1. If the service ends at severn sisters, they'd have to change onto national rail. IIRC, All stations North of Serven Sisters has national rail lines into Liverpool street (and nowhere else), pedant Except Blackhorse Road. tom -- There are no MPs in the position opposite the Liberal Democrats. -- Chris Lightfoot |
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