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Post by orienteer on Nov 19, 2016 13:52:21 GMT
Orienteer, Thanks---could you confirm as to the state of the NL station (fast lines, etc platforme) in your youth? I can only recall two platforms, for the NLL, on the south side. Can remember the Oerlikon stock, we used to go to Kew Gardens sometimes on a Sunday. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2016 17:53:38 GMT
There are questions to the Mayor for tomorrow's MQT about any capacity improvements being planned for Highbury & Islington. If we're lucky there may be written answers next week, however if the usual level of response is provided we'll be waiting weeks for someone at TfL to draft an answer.  I am sceptical that anything major will be done because of the money that was spent to extend concourse level capacity in recent years. I agree there are severe problems with access to / from Vic Line and GN but relief of that would cost tens of millions and places like Holborn and Camden Town are further up the queue for funding. Any update on this? |
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Post by londoner on Nov 20, 2016 20:35:23 GMT
There are questions to the Mayor for tomorrow's MQT about any capacity improvements being planned for Highbury & Islington. If we're lucky there may be written answers next week, however if the usual level of response is provided we'll be waiting weeks for someone at TfL to draft an answer. I am sceptical that anything major will be done because of the money that was spent to extend concourse level capacity in recent years. I agree there are severe problems with access to / from Vic Line and GN but relief of that would cost tens of millions and places like Holborn and Camden Town are further up the queue for funding. Any update on this? You can check for youself: questions.london.gov.uk/QuestionSearch/searchclient/questions/question_290781The answer is not yet. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 1:18:35 GMT
"At Highbury & Islington and a number of other stations, TfL is encouraging those customers with the flexibility to do so to travel outside the busiest times, which helps to spread demand. This is achieved by communicating the "peak of the peak times" via in- station communications (e.g. PA announcements and fixed frame posters), emails, social media and Journey Planner updates.
This approach has been trialled at a number of stations and has achieved up to a 5 per cent shift in peak demand."
So basically they have no plans to do anything about this station.
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Post by snoggle on Nov 22, 2016 13:30:29 GMT
"At Highbury & Islington and a number of other stations, TfL is encouraging those customers with the flexibility to do so to travel outside the busiest times, which helps to spread demand. This is achieved by communicating the "peak of the peak times" via in- station communications (e.g. PA announcements and fixed frame posters), emails, social media and Journey Planner updates. This approach has been trialled at a number of stations and has achieved up to a 5 per cent shift in peak demand." So basically they have no plans to do anything about this station. Surely you're not surprised by the answer? Highbury isn't in the list of stations requiring expensive capacity upgrades. I'll also be astonished if LU is able to progress more than 1 or 2 new schemes before 2020 and we know that after Bank they are likely to be Holborn and then Camden Town. We've been very lucky to have TCR, Bond St and Victoria all happening at the same time and two of those are complementary to Crossrail's works. |
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