On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:39:15 -0000, "Sir Benjamin Nunn"
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Why does the north east corner suffer from a lack of customers yet the
NW,
SW and SE do fine for numbers? Any ideas? Could it mean the lack of
passenger numbers further closes in the North East corner?
Both central and district lines are still reasonably well used until at
least zone 4. And south east London is barely served at all. So I'm not
exactly clear on what you could mean.
I think the OP might be driving at the fact that North East London (and West
Essex) has other lines that go to Stratford and Liverpool Street, just like
the Central Line, but they do it in less time.
Well yes they do it in less time if you have a semi fast option. I
understand a lot of people railhead at Epping from the surrounding area
(including Harlow) so the direct but slower and cheaper option must have
some attraction to Essex residents.
If I was living in that part of the country, I doubt that the Central would
be my standard commuting option, and even if my final destination was a
central station west of Liverpool Street, I'd probably only change onto it
there.
As already mentioned an awful lot of people change at Stratford onto the
Central and the volumes changing off "One" services at Walthamstow,
Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters are not small either. The onward direct
link via the Victoria Line has its attractions relative to a
theoretically faster trip to Liverpool St and then a change to bus or
tube.
If I worked in the City close to Liverpool St then I would certainly use
the Overground from Walthamstow. However almost every other journey I
make involves a bus and then the tube network. The interchange at
Liverpool St between main line and LU is utterly awful at busy times and
not that great off peak.
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Paul C
Admits to working for London Underground!