On Wed, 01 May 2013 15:50:20 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
needed. If Shoreditch High St had remained in Z2 then it is likely
huge numbers of people would have changed onto the ELL to reach the
City via SHS and Zone 2. If that abstraction had arisen then the DfT
could have been lumbered with the bill for revenue support *or* there
would have been demands from the TOCs for compensation from TfL. That
is how the industry structure works.

Figures. Industry first, passengers second, what a surprise. Still, I suppose
if you're a City bound commuter and you don't mind a walk you can always get
off at Hoxton going south or Whitechapel going north to avoid zone 1.

I agree it is rather leisurely but I think the low running speeds and
padded timetables are how the impressive performance stats are
achieved. If everything was scheduled "on a knife edge" then it would
take almost nothing to cause the service to run late and be delayed.

But it would only be delayed on paper. It would still generally be quicker
in practice. There are quite long stretches where 40mph is easily
achievable with the acceleration of the trains. It seems a bit of a cop out
to run them so slow.

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Spud