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[email protected] · November 23rd 15, 09:49 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:57:58 +0000
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:36:14 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

I took the ELL from Highbury this morning for the first time in about 6
months.
Even after the obligatory 7 minute wait for the train to leave it was still
only a 3rd full in the middle of the morning rush hour. Compared to last time
I used it this is virtually empty. I can only assume the poor service
frequency and slow journey times (25 mins to do the 4 miles to canada water
this morning) have put people off as they did me. What a waste of an asset.

So on the basis of a one journey sample the entire service is "poorly
patronised" and an "asset is being wasted"! Hardly a statistically
robust analysis and if anyone put forward that level of evidence as
proof against something you believed you'd tear them a new posterior
in arguing with them.

Its was a normal weekday morning rush hour. Not any kind of public or
religious holiday AFAIK. So yes, that one journey sample IMO was a good
enough sample. However the service was still frankly **** so I won't be
using it again in a hurry.

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Spud