Phil
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Post by Phil on May 21, 2006 17:04:31 GMT
I was trying to get some service frequencies off their site......Could I find them??
It really is the most user-unfriendly site I've come across. Journey planner, yes. First/last trains, eventually. Frequencies? NO.
Tried FAQ (always risky) . Under service guide, I found speed restrictions - and was advised I should look at answer #**. That question was 'how many female underground drivers are there?'.....
If I, who (generally ) know what I'm doing cannot get simple info off that site, what hope has the average punter got....or is the info not there at all??
This isn't meant to be a rant but a serious query. Don't TfL want the public to know what service frequencies are any more - do they think the service has got that bad?
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2006 18:12:34 GMT
Tube Prune's website has service frequencies in case you are interested.
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Post by Phil on May 21, 2006 18:31:08 GMT
Tube Prune's website has service frequencies in case you are interested. Absolutely true - but not recent (2003) and not official. I remember when service frequencies (particularly MET) were displayed at every station (they may still be.........) but not to have them on the webiste (AFAIK) hardly inspires confidence. |
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Post by compsci on May 21, 2006 20:25:24 GMT
Go to the Journey Planner, click on Timetables. Select a station and then a line (or vice versa) and open the provided PDF.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2006 20:27:59 GMT
Tube Prune's website has service frequencies in case you are interested. Absolutely true - but not recent (2003) and not official. I remember when service frequencies (particularly MET) were displayed at every station (they may still be.........) but not to have them on the webiste (AFAIK) hardly inspires confidence. I don't think they have changed significantly since then. I'm also quite interested in service frequencies, and few metro systems advertise them accurately online (if at all). Industry, or enthusiast sites are usually the best way to find the actual frequencies. The approximate frequencies are still displayed at stations. Personally, I think the tube should advertise the frequencies online something like this from the Madrid metro website www.metromadrid.es/01_horariosL1.asp However, even here it's not entirely accurate. Where it says 2-3mins, the reality is between 148 and 156secs, which is approx 2.5mins. Since LU's timetable is only accurate to 1/2minute anyway, this accuracy isn't such an issue. |
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Post by Phil on May 22, 2006 8:29:06 GMT
Go to the Journey Planner, click on Timetables. Select a station and then a line (or vice versa) and open the provided PDF. That's what I meant above. If you go there, you get told that (for example) that there are trains toward Amersham every 2-5 mins, and the journey times to each station, but not frequencies by branch (say from H-o-t-H) and not the stopping patterns. In other words it might answer a specific request but not give you general timetable information. |
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