"Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote in message
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"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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I'm surprised to hear that. Never thought of it as much of a place. Here
are today's numbers (total annual entry + exit, in millions, from TfL
[1], with rank in this list):


Tooting Broadwy 10.567 1


Interesting. Why is Tooting Broadway so busy? Bus feeders, or just a
really densely populated area? St George's hospital and Wimbledon dog
track?


Tooting Broadway picks up most of the London-bound bus traffic from
Mitcham, which is very poorly served by public transport.

We used to catch the bus to Morden to avoid getting stuck
in the traffic. This must have been before the bus lane was
made.

Strangley, we never ever walked to Mitcham station to change
at Wimbledon (which would have been easiest). We always
went to Croydon on the "little" train, but I must have been about
17 before I discovered that the 'other way' was a sensible route
to London.

tim

"tim....." wrote in message
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Strangley, we never ever walked to Mitcham station to change
at Wimbledon (which would have been easiest). We always
went to Croydon on the "little" train, but I must have been about
17 before I discovered that the 'other way' was a sensible route
to London.


Provided you actually caught the train! For a long time until Tramlink
replaced it, the line was operated single-track, with about one train to
Wimbledon every hour IIRC.

BTN

Sir Benjamin Nunn wrote:

Provided you actually caught the train! For a long time until Tramlink
replaced it, the line was operated single-track, with about one train to
Wimbledon every hour IIRC.

Less than that - I remember it was once every 90 minutes, presumably because
the single track line didn't allow for passes (not without jamming the
Sutton to Balham line).

In message , Tim Roll-Pickering
writes

Less than that - I remember it was once every 90 minutes, presumably because
the single track line didn't allow for passes (not without jamming the
Sutton to Balham line).

Immediately before electrification, the 1929 steam service was roughly
hourly, worked by a single train (20 minutes each way). But I'm pretty
sure there was another passing loop somewhere, because there was also a
fair bit of freight traffic on the line and some extensive sidings
around the area where IKEA is now situated.

Just after electrification the service was every 30 minutes (and every
20 minutes in the peak!), achieved with the aid of a third passing loop
at Waddon Marsh Halt and doubling some of the track at the Croydon end
(the whole line was constructed with a view to eventually being
double-tracked). But it didn't last ... not until Tramlink, anyway.

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Paul Terry