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Posted by Fytton on Wed Sep 13 05:53:35 2006, in response to Re: London Overground, posted by David Fairthorne on Tue Sep 12 21:57:23 2006. "On the other hand, the frequent service on the Victoria line extension could be expected to attract passengers from other routes."As noted, many of Orpington's and Petts Wood's users go into Charing Cross on the Southeastern main line, not into Victoria on Chatham line. It wouldn't be a good idea to divert them on to the Victoria Line! Bromley South's users would mostly continue to use non-stop trains to Victoria, not all-stations tube trains to the same place. In general we ought to be looking at the highly loaded **inner** London stations for possible new tube passengers. Herne Hill is really the only one with heavy passenger numbers. And the western part of Herne Hill's catchment area is really only a short walk from Brixton tube station! All in all there isn't much case for extending the Victoria Line in this direction. In London, many of the long extensions of the tube out into outer London haven't been a roaring success. The Bakerloo has been cut back from Watford Jcn to Harrow & Wealdstone; the West Ruislip branch of the Central is lightly used; so is the Hainault branch of the Central once it gets past Newbury Park; the Epping branch is better used, but only because there is no alternative - passengers grumble about the length of time it takes to reach the West End; the Met from Uxbridge works well, but only because it is express from Wembley Park to Baker Street; Upminster passengers use c2c and Upminster Bridge station sees little use. Ant tube extension into south London should concentrate on serving the poorly served parts of the inner area. |
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