On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 5:03:05 PM UTC+5:30, wrote:
On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:27:50 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
The papers for the October 2015 Rail and Underground Panel include an
update on Overground and DLR growth. This sets out some of the plans
TfL have to improve services.

http://content.tfl.gov.uk/rup-201510...dlr-growth.pdf

It would be nice if they'd define some terms. What does "core ELL" mean? Does
it include Highbury? The service to & from Highbury on the ELL is pitiful
despite this being a major interchange. One train every 7 minutes in the
morning rush hour is not good enough.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/reque...ion%20Data.pdf
According to my calculations, extrapolating from the above PDF, DLR now has an average of 80,000 boardings per day per station. That's a huge number in comparison to a station in Dallas or even Houston. Many of those 80,000 transfer from other trains but that still leaves many who get there by street. How do (say) 10,000 people get to a station during morning rush hour? It would require a huge number of buses for them to get there by bus. They'd have to live close by and there'd have to be substantial pedestrian infrastructure such as wide sidewalks and underground crossings for them to get there walking.