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[email protected] · January 16th 07, 03:54 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Sir Benjamin Nunn wrote:
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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.

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.

I'd probably need to live right next door to somewhere like Roding Valley
for it to be worth using - and maybe that's why it's the lightest-used
station, because only those in the immediate vicinity find it worthwhile.

As a route into London, it's not *that* useful. If the stations in the area
were better connected to a bigger variety of destinations (e.g.
Chelsea-Hackney line taking the southern part of the loop, and Victoria line
Whipps Cross-Woodford extenstion taking the northern part) then traffic
would likely increase.

Roding Valley is a special case - it's on a badly served branchline, so
of course demand will be low. But usage on the Epping and Hainult via
NP branches is fairly strong. Which alternative routes to Liverpool
Street did you have in mind? The Chingford line is a fair way west of
the Central.

What's more, on the Shenfield line, most commuters going west of
Liverpool Street change at Stratford to cross over the platform to the
tube because it's easier than trapsing all the way across the concourse
at the end of the line.

Jonn

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