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[email protected] · November 25th 15, 11:25 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:40:32 +0000
Martin Smith wrote:
On 18/11/2015 09:36, 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.

try getting on a northbound train at New Cross Gate between 8 and 930 am
any weekday,
very difficult, you may have to wait for several trains to pass before
you can get
a space.
Even in the middle of the day they are often packed....

Presumably they're all heading off to Canada Water to get to docklands whereas
in the past they'd have gone to London Bridge. Given some of the crowds I've
seen at Canada Water and how full jubilee line trains are, if it were me I'd
still go to london bridge.

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Spud