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City Thameslink Station
I use public transport mainly at weekends so my experiences almost
certainly are not representative of what most people have to contend with. When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station from Monday to Friday? |
City Thameslink Station
"Robin9" wrote in message
... I use public transport mainly at weekends so my experiences almost certainly are not representative of what most people have to contend with. When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station from Monday to Friday? It's extremely quiet outside the peaks on Mon - Fri as well, in my experience. I think this is probably because it isn't really a destination in its own right, and there are no signed interchanges with the underground (although St Pauls on the Central line is not that far from the northern entrance.) I suspect it has no advantage for offpeak travellers and tourists over the stations either side. Paul S |
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On 03/06/2012 16:35, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 11:24:33 +0100, Robin9 wrote: Don't know about M-F off peak though. One could say just from a glance that passenger volumes are respectable, though I have no stats on that. |
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On Jun 3, 11:24*am, Robin9 wrote:
When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station from Monday to Friday? According to the official station usage estimates for 2010/11, City Thameslink was the network's 60th busiest station. This suggests that the station can get quite busy; as others have said it's main custom is business people. PhilD -- |
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I never liked the name. It does not really give one an idea of where it is.
A reasonable name might have been LUDGATE. |
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On 04/06/2012 09:35, Jim wrote:
In , says... I never liked the name. It does not really give one an idea of where it is. A reasonable name might have been LUDGATE. It couldn't really have been LUDGATE because one entrance is at Holborn Viaduct. I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground station. Why not Ludgate Thameslink, then? |
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... On 04/06/2012 09:35, Jim wrote: It couldn't really have been LUDGATE because one entrance is at Holborn Viaduct. I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground station. Why not Ludgate Thameslink, then? However the idea of naming a double ended station for only one of its ends seems to be considered OK for Crossrail, although we don't know yet what they'll actually display at their entrances or on the platform fascias. Paul S |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:24:33 +0100, Robin9 wrote:
When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station from Monday to Friday? Since the nice new Bankside entrance to Blackfriars has opened, which is near my office, I've found myself using Thameslink fairly regularly when heading towards northwards - but given the extremely short distance between City Thameslink and Blackfriars (and really, between Farringdon and City Thameslink) why you'd want to keep City Thameslink there at all? |
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On 2012\06\04 09:35, Jim wrote:
In , says... I never liked the name. It does not really give one an idea of where it is. A reasonable name might have been LUDGATE. It couldn't really have been LUDGATE because one entrance is at Holborn Viaduct. I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground station. How about "New Bailey"? |
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On Monday, 4 June 2012 12:12:26 UTC+1, wrote:
On 04/06/2012 09:35, Jim wrote: I never liked the name. It does not really give one an idea of where it is. A reasonable name might have been LUDGATE. It couldn't really have been LUDGATE because one entrance is at Holborn Viaduct. I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground station. Why not Ludgate Thameslink, then? The thing about the Thameslink part is that it doesn't really help; it is just an adscititious 10 letters that have to be added to every sign, map and timetable. If it DID help, then those 10 letters would be added to the names of all the stations on the route... |
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On 2012\06\04 13:14, martin_petrov wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:24:33 +0100, Robin9 wrote: When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station from Monday to Friday? Since the nice new Bankside entrance to Blackfriars has opened, which is near my office, I've found myself using Thameslink fairly regularly when heading towards northwards - but given the extremely short distance between City Thameslink and Blackfriars (and really, between Farringdon and City Thameslink) why you'd want to keep City Thameslink there at all? Keeps down dwell times at the other two... could be important when the line gets 24 tph. |
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Paul Scott wrote:
It's extremely quiet outside the peaks on Mon - Fri as well, in my experience. I think this is probably because it isn't really a destination in its own right, and there are no signed interchanges with the underground (although St Pauls on the Central line is not that far from the northern entrance.) The Central Line runs right under the street outside though - was there ever any talk of an interchange station? (Okay today passenger loadings making additional Central Line stations a nightmare but maybe one day...) I suspect it has no advantage for offpeak travellers and tourists over the stations either side. It's not that far from St Paul's Cathedral - hence the original name. It's also located on the 25 bus route so in theory offers a relatively stress free central zone interchange for me on journeys to south London and beyond, particularly at weekends when other lines are hit by engineering works. Unfortunately whenever I've tried to do that trick I've tended to arrive at the station to discover it's closed. -- My blog: http://adf.ly/4hi4c |
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On Jun 3, 11:24*am, Robin9 wrote:
I use public transport mainly at weekends so my experiences almost certainly are not representative of what most people have to contend with. When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station from Monday to Friday? -- Robin9 Well the City itself is pretty much a ghost town at weekends - virtually all the shops are closed! |
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 09:35:14AM +0100, Jim wrote:
I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground station. Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ... -- David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Perl: the only language that makes Welsh look acceptable |
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David Cantrell wrote:
I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground station. Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ... The West Hampstead are all within easy walking distance for the typical interchange traffic. City Thameslink is rather far from St Paul's to serve as a useful interchange, especially given that Thameslink serves two airports and that many more tourists would use it. -- My blog: http://adf.ly/4hi4c |
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"Dr. Sunil" wrote in message
... Well the City itself is pretty much a ghost town at weekends - virtually all the shops are closed! You obviously han't visited for a while; One New Change is open all weekend, as are a lot nearby shops along Cheapside, and there are plenty of customers. -- DAS |
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