Recliner wrote on 15 November 2009 16:44:23 ...
"Richard J." wrote in message

Recliner wrote on 15 November 2009
16:24:53 ...
"Richard J." wrote in message
news Recliner wrote on 15 November 2009
13:30:52 ...
"Basil Jet" wrote in
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Apparently Heathrow T4 tube station has fewer passengers than West
Harrow and West Finchley!
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...d-stations.pdf

T4 is the quietest Heathrow LU station, but the numbers may be
lower than usual as that report covers a period when BA was moving
out and the terminal was being refurbished for its new tenants
(Air France, Alitalia, etc). The T4 station also has quite a poor
Tube service,

Alternate Heathrow Piccadilly trains serve T4, which therefore has a
train every 10 minutes, which is the same frequency as trains to T5.

True, but as T5 has never been better, it somehow doesn't seem so bad
(yes, I know that's irrational). T4 used to have twice the frequency,
and without the long station dwell time, too.

That's irrational too! :-)
The long dwell time is irrelevant to passengers catching a flight from
T4, but is a benefit for passengers flying into T4 as they are more
likely to find a train already waiting for them in the platform.

But it's a disincentive to T1 pax to take T4-T123 trains, which work
out slower than taking the following T123-T5 service (which is likely to
be much more crowded).

So that's another good feature of the "poor" T4 service - it's less crowded!

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Richard J.
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