On 20 Apr, 10:31, "Richard J." wrote:
sweek wrote on 20 April 2009 11:23:23 ...

Wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of Barons Court on the Picc and
replace it with Turnham Green?

No. Baron's Court has more passengers entering and exiting the station
per year (6.7M) than Turnham Green (5.9M). * (2007 figures on the TfL
site, the most recent available)
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

I know that, but aside from the lower number of people getting on and
off at Turnham Green itself, it would also speed up journeys for all
the stations on the Richmond Branch. That's got be worth something?

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:31:57 GMT, Richard J. wrote:

Wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of Barons Court on the Picc and
replace it with Turnham Green?

No. Baron's Court has more passengers entering and exiting the station
per year (6.7M) than Turnham Green (5.9M). (2007 figures on the TfL
site, the most recent available)

I don't see any reason to link these two issues. If a Picc stop at
Barons Court is not justified, then that's the case regardless of
whether it stops at Turnham Green. And vice versa.

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:09:01 +0100, "John Salmon"
wrote:

"Ian Jelf" wrote
I was on a late night Piccadilly Line train which stopped at Turnham Green
the other, er, night.

I've often wondered, what's the story behind that oddity? How did it
come to be a feature of the timetable? (I can think of no parallel
elsewhere on the system, at least not in even remotely recent years.)

I've always liked to imagine that they have adjustable colour-coded signs
there. When the sparse service of Piccadilly Line trains is due, they change
them to blue. When the last Piccadilly train has gone, they turn'em green.

Sorry.
I'll go now.

Why were two yellow peas standing on the westbound District Line
platform at Earls Court? Because it was the only way to 'turn'em
green'.

On Apr 14, 9:02*am, Ian Jelf wrote:
I was on a late night Piccadilly Line train which stopped at Turnham
Green the other, er, night.

I've often wondered, what's the story behind that oddity? * How did it
come to be a feature of the timetable? * (I can think of no parallel
elsewhere on the system, at least not in even remotely recent years.)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of Englandhttp://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Actually, I think it's very common for the faster or longer distance
trains to make additional stops Sundays and evenings.

Often, it coincides with a lack of local services and/or some stations
closed, leaving only the longer distance trains to call at the
remaining stations.

For example, trains from Liverpool Street to Southend call at Gidea
Park, Harold Wood and Brentwood on Sundays, trains from Charing Cross
to Ramsgate and Margate call at Orpington and Sevenoaks on Sundays etc
etc.

On Apr 14, 4:22*pm, MIG wrote:
On Apr 14, 9:02*am, Ian Jelf wrote:

I was on a late night Piccadilly Line train which stopped at Turnham
Green the other, er, night.

I've often wondered, what's the story behind that oddity? * How did it
come to be a feature of the timetable? * (I can think of no parallel
elsewhere on the system, at least not in even remotely recent years.)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of Englandhttp://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Actually, I think it's very common for the faster or longer distance
trains to make additional stops Sundays and evenings.

Often, it coincides with a lack of local services and/or some stations
closed, leaving only the longer distance trains to call at the
remaining stations.

For example, trains from Liverpool Street to Southend call at Gidea
Park, Harold Wood and Brentwood on Sundays, trains from Charing Cross
to Ramsgate and Margate call at Orpington and Sevenoaks on Sundays etc
etc.

Or keeping it to LU, there used to be slow Amershams on Sundays only,
and still extra stops at Wembley Park on Sundays I think.

"MIG" wrote in message
...
On Apr 14, 4:22 pm, MIG wrote:
On Apr 14, 9:02 am, Ian Jelf wrote:

I was on a late night Piccadilly Line train which stopped at Turnham
Green the other, er, night.

I've often wondered, what's the story behind that oddity? How did it
come to be a feature of the timetable? (I can think of no parallel
elsewhere on the system, at least not in even remotely recent years.)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of
Englandhttp://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Actually, I think it's very common for the faster or longer distance
trains to make additional stops Sundays and evenings.

Often, it coincides with a lack of local services and/or some stations
closed, leaving only the longer distance trains to call at the
remaining stations.

For example, trains from Liverpool Street to Southend call at Gidea
Park, Harold Wood and Brentwood on Sundays, trains from Charing Cross
to Ramsgate and Margate call at Orpington and Sevenoaks on Sundays etc
etc.

Or keeping it to LU, there used to be slow Amershams on Sundays only,
and still extra stops at Wembley Park on Sundays I think.

Never heard of a slow Amersham train they must of taken a while.