On Feb 16, 8:47*pm, sweek wrote:
If Clapham Junction to Canary Wharf really is going to be faster than
the via Waterloo route, I think it'll do the line more bad than good
because it will be absolutely packed from opening.

Sweek,

Surely the ELLX from Clapham Junction to Canada Water will be faster
than going into Waterloo and then changing to the Jubilee line - I
mean, the trains all slow down in rush hour in the morning coming into
Waterloo because they have to find an empty platform. And then you've
got that quarter-mile hike to the Jubilee line amongst great masses of
humanity, and then you're on an Underground line which runs slower
than a BR train. But even if it were the same speed, people will
still opt for the ELLX because of the sweat factor, i.e. if you are on
the ELLX then you will be on an air-conditioned train car, and you
won't have to get sweated up in the summer by doing the hike to the
Jubilee line. I agree with you - the ELLX will be jam-packed from Day
One. And that doesn't even consider the fact that if you are
travelling from Clapham Junction to Liverpool Street station that the
ELLX would be a HUGE advantage of the current method of getting there
(i.e. slow train into Waterloo, hike to Waterloo to City line, wait in
line, sweat yourself out while you take the tube to Bank, then you've
got to get to Liverpool Street station on the Central line - makes
more sense to just take the ELLX to Shoreditch - while sitting down
and in an air-conditioned car all the way. I tell you, it will be jam-
packed from Day One. Given that there will only be 4tph, I figure
there won't be any room to get on the ELLX by the first stop it makes
(Queenstown Road) - after all, nobody is going to get OFF at
Queenstown Road. It will be mayhem. And bankers and yuppies will
finally consider the Clapham Junction area to be commutable to the
City, so more of those people (like me) will live in the area and that
will make it even worse. I plan to continue bicycling to Canary Wharf.