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More trains on old WAGN lines
Dave Arquati wrote: I'm not saying that the GN stations are inconveniently located for *everyone* - obviously some destinations will be closer to the GN stations than the Piccadilly ones, and some bus connections will be more easily made at GN stations. On balance, however, major destinations and bus connections are easier at Picc stations simply because the Picc follows the main road. It follows the A105 for 3 consecutive stops. Apart from that it doesn't follow any main road, although many of the stations are on main roads. Of the GN stations the following are on classified roads: Moorgate (A501). Old Street (A501/A5201), Essex Road (A1200/A104), Highbury & Islington (A1 plus close to A1200, A1199). Finsbury Park (A503/A1201) Hornsey (A103), Harringay (B138), Alexandra Palace(B151, close enough), Palmers Green (A1004/A105 close enough), New Southgate (A109). The only ones that are not during this phase are Drayton Park and Bowes Park, and the latter of those is only about 1-2 minutes' walk from the A109. Drayton Park serves Arsenal FC fairly well. I imagine GN stations will also be more convenient if you are starting near another GN station, but the Picc has a much better catchment area (particularly because it serves central London directly). So does GN if your destination happens to be Moorgate, i.e. the City. And if your destination is on the Victoria Line (mine is when I use Oxford Circus on a Monday), then you have a convenient change at Highbury & Islington, cross-platform, although it's true you can stay on until Finsbury Park and have a cross-platform link there too to the Piccadilly Line. I also think it happens to be nicer travelling over-ground. On the GN you are above the ground from Drayton Park onward, whilst on the Piccadilly Line you have to wait until just after Bounds Green. |
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