New Met Line Timetable

And I never disagreed.. My example pointed out a real life case where a train that was clearly made fast to make up time, sensibly ran straight through Wembley park on the northbound fast (where a scheduled service would have stopped).

In effect on that particular occasion they were doing what you suggested they should be doing.

A train not stopping at Harrow-on-the-Hill might as well be out of service, it's the busiest station beyond Wembley Park

If I recall in earlier years fast Uxbridge trains ran non stop Finchley Road - Eastcote. Can anyone recall when this was. I suspect it before the introduction of the A Stock

No, it was demolished some time after the link was removed because the wall was bulging due to pressure from the soil behind it. I know this because the occupants of a factory/warehouse behind it was a client of mine and once the wall was demolished cracks appeared in their walls and floor due to earth movement. The building has recently been demolished and flats built.



It was Finchley Road to Rayners Lane in my 1955 timetable so it must have been sometime before that. I recall something mention of Eatcote too.

Does anyone know when the points at Harrow North junction are scheduled to be replaced? And with what...?

Probably an equivalent of Hadrians Wall as the Met don't seem to want to have anything to do with 'fast' lines any more!

LU now saying they have no intention of reintroducing off peak fast services even after upgrade is
So, after millions of pounds and years of disruption, it looks like journey times from north of Ricky will be no better than before the upgrade started!

For Chesham, which will continue to have 2 tph, there will be no reduction in waiting time; just a more tedious service.

TfL will manage Crossrail and want responsibility for other lines which run beyond the GLA...wonder if the residents of Maidenhead are aware of what's going on with the priorities on the Met?

Yes, a letter from Cheryl Gillan MP after she asked LU directly.

Indeed metliner,

I had one of those Free Chesham Mags through the door recently . As I'm a Media Hack my self, reading between the lines. It basically says " You should be Lucky we still run a service up to you neck of the Woods Madam " and " Don't Rock the Boat ". So she has been Seduced by the " Look what we have done to Improve the Met Line" . What made me laugh was the reasoning behind the New Met T/T. Quote " The new Met T/T will Benefit the Passengers using the Met as a Whole" . LOL

As for the the newish (2011) Met T/T, The Reality is very different . To make the T/T work, every Chesham Train will run 9 times out of 10 Late. Having done a Mini Survey , it seems Punters have no intention of using the Met Peak or Off Peak . This was quite everdant last month when Passengers Crammed them selves into a Chiltern service (1830 N/B) at HTH , when there was a Fast Amersham Service 5 Minutes behind. As for the Chesham Fasts , they just get stuck behind Late running Chilterns as usual at HTH.

So.. i stand by Original Post , but i might add 'Ignorance' as well as Arrogance to the Clown who came up with new Met T/T.

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Its so depressingly British that there is a clear problem here, and highly paid managers are either too inept or too self-gratifying to notice it, yet the grumbling is achieving nothing. Theres a copy of the Met line times between stations from the 1975 wtt here: www.metroland.org.uk/wktt1975/index2.htm I strongly suggest people compare it to the current timetable to see just what exactly the "upgrade" and many millions of pounds of farepayers money has achieved in 40 years.

Seven day! Why not quite sure how many extra trains are needed maybe one or two and how that affects the maintenance schedule. I'm not a professional I just come up with the ideas

This does keep everyone happy too!

LU say post-upgrade timetable will be all stations off peak. Also, and this isn't confirmed so I'll be writing to LU for clarification, but there are rumours kicking around of attempts to get rid of peak fasts and have an all stations only service.

If true, this smacks of dogma-driven thinking which will raise questions about the competence of the service planning team. The off peak services are dreadful and completely unacceptable and users are angry about them; quite how regularly commuters would react is anybody's guess, but I'd keep my distance from those suggesting it if I worked for LU!

Maybe just maybe the majority of users would prefer the more frequent service.

Totally agree Metman, the British Disease - having worked in a number of large companies and worked on many projects to "improve" services, typically it goes over budget, is late, fails to deliver what was promised, with the incompetent yes men/women get big bonuses and promoted, whilst the staff who dare question any of this $%^& are made redundant!

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