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Posted by Fytton on Mon Sep 11 09:06:32 2006, in response to Re: London Overground, posted by David Fairthorne on Mon Sep 11 01:19:36 2006. "Direct tube routes that already pass through the busiest areas of central London would attract a great many passengers and would easily justify frequent services."They already have frequent services on their central London portions (every 2-3 minutes) and are mostly essentially maxed out. "An extension of the Victoria line to the south from Brixton in the direction of Croydon might even be opposed on the grounds that it could make the Victoria line TOO crowded!" See above. "I don't accept that argument, as the most crowded part of the Victoria line is north of Victoria station." But a fair proportion of the people who get on south of Brixton might well stay on the train north of Victoria. Of the three choices (Victoria, Bakerloo, and Northern Line trains turning at Kennington) the Bakerloo is the best bet for extension. Northbound, it only fills up at Waterloo, and passengers from a hypothetical extension south of Elephant & Castle would start to alight at Embankment, only one stop from Waterloo. At worst any gross overcrowding would be for only one stop. And the Bakerloo has capacity for a few more tph that at present. Another alternative (which won't happen) would be to create a second branch of the Jubilee Line, branching off at Waterloo and heading south-southeast. The line towards Docklands doesn't need the full capacity of the Jubilee Line, but to reduce its frequency would imply admitting that too much capacity was provided there, which no-one is going to admit. |
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