On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, David of Broadway wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:47:18 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Nerdbird wrote:

http://hometown.aol.com/nerdbird1/LondonNYC.html

- London has more commuter rail than New York (particularly south of
the river), and it's often this which provides a more expressish
service to the outer reaches of the city.

Yes. The statements about our lack of express services is just plain
wrong. Almost every radial line from a London terminal has a mix of all
stops, semi fast and expresses. Only the orbital lines and perhaps a
few radial lines have no difference in stopping patterns at peak and
off peak times.

The statements about your lack of express services were probably
referring to the Underground, where they're largely accurate, except on
the western Piccadilly and Metropolitan.

Strictly speaking, that're true, but my point was that NR trains act as
expresses for LU lines in some situations. For example, the Great Northern
from King's Cross, which only has stations north of Finsbury Park (if you
forget about Moorgate and all that) is the express service of the
northeastern Piccadilly. The London, Tilbury and Southend line is the
express service of the eastern District. Other lines don't have such close
correspondence to LU lines, but often serve overlapping areas at the edge
of town, providing a quicker service in.

tom

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