On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 15:21:34 +0100, Clive Coleman wrote:

In message , steve
writes
Of course it makes the lights on the control panel look evenly spread
out. However, you failed to explain the logic of holding a train *full*
of people.
Apart from rush hour in the centre of London, I've never seen the first
and last cars packed like sardines. It's rare when there is no space
at all.

Oh sure you can always squeeze more people in - you could even stack them
on top of each other. However, your ridiculous irrelevance has nothing to
do with this. We are talking about whether LU try to even out a set of
lights on a screen without regard for the users or not. Holding a full
train delays more people than it helps.

In the same way as closing the bank branch for months in order to reduce
journey times by a couple of minutes - this time will require someone to
live a number of lifetimes before there will be a net benefit.

My question what the reason for this is, be it incompetence, arrogance or
just not giving a damn - and how this problem can be solved.