On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:06:24 +0100
"Paul Scott" wrote:
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:28:44 +0100

Pity they don't speed the trains up somewhat. Last time I got the ELL from
highbury it consisted off:

Wait at highbury for 5 mins.

Is that not typical at a terminus? Do you mean they were late against the
timetable, or that they didn't just set off as soon as you turned up?

I was just factoring in all the waiting times I had. For all I know it could
have been sitting there 15 mins. If highbury was out in the sticks like epping
then fine, but its pretty busy hub close to central london and the service
frequency should be at least the equivalent of the tube in that area.

But once the 16 tph service south of Dalston Jn starts, there'll be no need
to regulate the Highbury extensions this way, as they'll be alternating
trains using half the regular slots, so they can be a standard 7.5 mins
apart.

The fact that the trains will only be 7.5 mins apart doesn't exactly shout high
frequency at me. High frequency for a metro is a train every 1 or 2 minutes.
TfL seem to want to pretend that the overground is a metro system yet run
it like a slightly uprated suburban line which isn't quite what was
promised when the ELL was taken away from LU.

B2003