On Wed, 1 May 2013 13:15:35 +0100
Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
d wrote:
It would be even busier still if TfL hadn't decided it could get a few
extra pieces of silver but having it just brush zone 1 so making it
pointless as a detour to avoid paying the zone 1 fare.
True - but IIRC, that was a decision imposed on TfL by DfT as a condition
of TfL getting the funding to build the line in the first place.
Was it? I can't see the rationale behind that. Seems a bit mean spirited.
It might also help
if the trains did a bit more than 25 mph everywhere.
Depsite these points, it seems to be quite popular as it is!
No doubt, but it could be even more popular and take some strain off the
tube. If I had to commute to canary wharf I personally wouldn't bother to use
it. The DLR or Jubilee seem a much better - and direct - option given they
cost the same.
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Spud