Predict popularity of East London Railway

Yes that was my argument within TfL London Rail - that existing line names akin to LU line names should be retained. However, public opinion - so I am told - was very strongly that service designations like 'Stratford - Richmond/Clapham Junction' were preferred by the public who use the services - I only hope they asked more than 3 people tho! That being the case, all line names are now being dropped in favour of service designations - there is a lag in TfL so some publications still refer to ELL/NLL etc., but this will cease in quick time as there will be an aggressive marketing campaign. Apart from within discussion groups like this, I am afraid that such line names (even SLL) are being consigned to history - much to my eternal regret. There is always hoping that my fellow colleagues in TfL London Rail will change their minds but I am not betting on it.

Are we, then to start referring to the Walthamstow-Brixton line, or the Morden-Edgware/High Barnet Line? Or even the Hammersmith - Edgware Road Line?

With regards to the "classic" section of the ELL, I have found myself wondering just how many people will actually use it in the early weeks of it's re-opening, given that people may have simply gotten used to it not being there and the replacement buses were so impractical to use as they didn't cover the whole line.

Interesting ... we shall see...

Plus its good to see part of a line closed nearly 26 years ago, reopened; that through Dalston Junction. I honestly can't wait to travel on it. Certainly looks so much different to photographs of Dalston Junction I have seen with detritus everywhere and a rather unkempt Class 501 running the service!

I've already commented on how poplar I perceive the service could be. So veering slightly to a tangent, I can't wait for the service to open in full either. It will serve as a much needed north-south, cross Thames connection and one that connects lots of different areas. Especially when the SLL is added in 2012, it will make getting about London a lot easier. That in itself should make the service popular with people who live in the locality of Overground stations The one factor that would make it a lot more popular would be a greater number of interchanges with the Tube. But as suggested earlier in this thread, Brixton-Vic interchange, and often by others with regard to a Shoreditch-Central interchange, that would probably be detrimental to the interchangeable services as a whole. The next project for London is probably to get the existing transport network and additions to that network up to a standard where a greater number of interchanges enhances the overall operation and fluidity of transporting people.