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dg writes: I had, sorry. Fixed, thanks.
I enjoy the yearly post about this. The rise of Stratford over the last 20 years in phenomenonal
Yet on the other hand the decline at Oxford Circus may be due to the rise of Internet shopping coupled with a continuing switch to shopping centres. And, if the reason is a methodological one, then the decline would be even more precipitous...
The rise at Waterloo is probably due to the ongoing travails at Southern. On occasions my daughter switched services, sometimes out of necessity, sometimes as a precaution.
The journey planner makes alternatives clearer, and you can see that price for a single rail/tube/DLR journey are quite good value compared with the same journey by bus + is often quicker.
Finally the abolition of (all - or just National Rail?) off peak fares within London a few years ago changed attitudes to travel, I think the view was taken that if you were always paying 'peak fares', was to use 'rail' as much as possible, instead of using buses for part of the journey.
I wonder whether TfL monitors customer satisfaction in any measurable way. It would be interesting to be able to compare volume usage of stations, with feedback on the 'customer experience'.
Surely off peak fares still exist in London? the fare finder shows different fares on Oyster at different times of day.
Like Cannon Street, much of the rise at Waterloo may be because of the work at London Bridge - for much of the past year trains for Waterloo East and Charing Cross were not stopping at LB, forcing many users to change to the Tube at Waterloo instead of LB.
But of course if you start doing that....Waterloo + Southwark, Charring Cross + Embankment...and I wonder if the two stations called Canary Wharf are counted as one?
dg writes: Every tube station has its own individual total. All DLR journeys are counted separately.
NHM gets about 4.6 million visitors each year; Science Museum about 3.2 million; V&A about 3 million. Per ALVA.
So that is about 10 million people, counted twice if they both come and go by Tube. Where are the other 13 or so million travellers coming to or going from? I suppose there is the Albert Hall for the Proms etc. What else?
Do neighbouring or similar Tube stations have about 13 million visitors?
dg writes: South Ken has 34m passengers. The three closest tube stations have about half that.
A quick please: for people with dyslexia, putting words in an array of different colours isn't helpful.
dg writes: It has long been this blog's policy to inconvenience readers by using the correct colours for tube lines.
Interesting analysis re: crossrail
http://learninglegacy.crossrail.co.uk/documents/stratford-station-fit-football/
Using the TfL single fare finder, checking an area where there is a choice of tube and national rail both in zone 5, to Oxford Circus the peak fare on NR is £6.70, off peak it's £4.80, by tube it's £4.70 peak and £3.10 off peak.
Again two zone 4 stations near each other, tube £3.90 peak, £2.80 off peak, NR its £5.60 peak, £4.40 off peak.
This even applies from Balham, using the NR station to Oxford Circus costs £5.10 peak, £4.10 off peak, using the tube station costs £3.30 peak, £2.80 off peak.
If TfL are using info from the card readers at the gatelines then the number of recorded journeys will decline significantly when the gates are left open: holders of Oyster season tickets, Oyster staff passes and The Key season tickets won't be counted when they breeze through without touching in and out.
Of course, the older the data, the more estimatey it it, but I'm sure it would be good to see just how much traffic has increased, and indeed if there is any let-up.
dg writes: Here's Anorak Corner from 10 years ago, if that helps.
dg writes: Ah, I had the wrong total for Hyde Park Corner. Fixed, thanks.
As ever though DG, a fascinating blog post - keep up the great work!
BTW - there is no off peak on the tube for journeys wholly within zone 1, I would argue that another reason for the increase in tube use is that the bus fare at £1.50 is poor value compared with the tube journey at £2.80, this coupled with the endless traffic chaos make bus travel less attractive.
Am I imagining the hordes of people I see every morning at Waterloo not going to the Underground but queuing for buses, and Boris Bikes, or simply walking?
(*Easter having fallen on 27/3/16 and 16/4/17)
http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2017/04/itinerary-94.html
Charing Cross 2008: 23.39m
Charing Cross 2009: 22.84m
Charing Cross 2010: 21.39m
Charing Cross 2011: 19.51m
Charing Cross 2012: 18.52m
Charing Cross 2013: 18.63m
Charing Cross 2014: 21.30m
Charing Cross 2015: 20.69m
Charing Cross 2016: 08.13m
That's a sudden drop, though the station was declining anyway (2014 was when Embankment was undergoing escalator work), that has to be related to London Bridge works.
I wonder if this does seriously discourage people, who now walk or get a bus if going a shorter distance. And if you're going to the Northern line, it's simpler to walk down to Embankment and get on there - Embankment has a significant rise in 2016.
I've been using Underground-coloured text for 14 years - here's Anorak Corner 2003 for example. http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2003/10/tube-geek-4-londons-busiest-stations.html
Having to read it on a grey background doesn't help either.
Yes, I'm aware that conveying information through colour isn't especially accessible. My entire blog isn't especially accessible either. Sorry.
Zone 1 busy: 1) Waterloo, 2) KXSP, 3) Victoria, 4) Oxford Circus, 5) Liverpool Street
Zone 1 quiet: 1) Lambeth North, 2) Regents Park, 3) Bayswater, 4) Edgware Road bakerloo, 5) Borough
Zone 2 busy: 1) Stratford, 2) Canary Wharf, 3) Brixton, 4) Finsbury Park, 5) Vauxhall
Zone 2 quiet: 1) Kensington Olympia, 2) Goldhawk Road, 3) Royal Oak, 4) Latimer Road, 5) Stamford Brook
Zone 3 busy: 1) Stratford, 2) North Greenwich, 3) Walthamstow Central, 4) Seven Sisters, 5) Ealing Broadway
Zone 3 quiet: 1) North Ealing, 2) West Acton, 3) Wimbledon Park, 4) Park Royal, 5) Chiswick Park
Zone 4 busy: 1) Barking, 2) Wembley Park, 3) East Ham, 4) Leytonstone, 5) Morden
Zone 4 quiet: 1) Roding Valley, 2) Chigwell, 3) Grange Hill, 4) South Kenton, 5) Fairlop
Zone 5 busy: 1) Harrow-on-the-Hill, 2) Dagenham Heathway, 3) Edgware, 4) Northolt, 5) Harrow & Wealdstone
Zone 5 quiet: 1) Ruislip Gardens, 2) West Harrow, 3) South Ruislip, 4) North Harrow, 5) Cockfosters
Zone 6 busy: 1) Uxbridge, 2) Heathrow T23, 3) Upminster, 4) Heathrow T5, 5) Epping
Zone 6 quiet: 1) Theydon Bois, 2) Moor Park, 3) Upminster Bridge, 4) Ickenham, 5) West Ruislip
Zones 7-9 busy: 1) Rickmansworth, 2) Amersham, 3) Watford, 4) Chalfont & Latimer, 5) Croxley
Zones 7-9 quiet: 1) Moor Park, 2) Chesham, 3) Chorleywood, 4) Croxley, 5) Chalfont & Latimer
Bakerloo busy: 1) Waterloo, 2) Oxford Circus, 3) Paddington, 4) Piccadilly Circus, 5) Baker Street
Bakerloo quiet: 1) Lambeth North, 2) South Kenton, 3) North Wembley, 4) Kenton, 5) Stonebridge Park
Central busy: 1) Oxford Circus, 2) Liverpool Street, 3) Stratford, 4) Bank & Monument, 5) Bond Street
Central quiet: 1) Roding Valley, 2) Chigwell, 3) Grange Hill, 4) Theydon Bois, 5) Ruislip Gardens
Circle busy: 1) KXSP, 2) Victoria, 3) Liverpool Street, 4) Bank & Monument, 5) Paddington
Circle quiet: 1) Goldhawk Road, 2) Royal Oak, 3) Latimer Road, 4) Shepherds Bush Market, 5) Wood Lane
District busy: 1) Victoria, 2) Bank & Monument, 3) Paddington, 4) South Kensington, 5) Hammersmith
District quiet: 1) Upminster Bridge, 2) Wimbledon Park, 3) Kensington Olympia, 4) Hornchurch, 5) Chiswick Park
Ham & City busy: 1) KXSP, 2) Liverpool Street, 3) Paddington, 4) Baker Street, 5) Moorgate
Ham & City quiet: 1) Goldhawk Road, 2) Royal Oak, 3) Latimer Road, 4) West Ham, 5) Shepherds Bush
Jubilee busy: 1) Waterloo, 2) London Bridge, 3) Stratford, 4) Canary Wharf, 5) Green Park
Jubilee quiet: 1) Canons Park, 2) West Ham, 3) Neasden, 4) Stanmore, 5) Dollis Hill
Met busy: 1) KXSP, 2) Liverpool Street, 3) Baker Street, 4) Moorgate, 5) Farringdon
Met quiet: 1) Moor Park, 2) Chesham, 3) Chorleywood, 4) Croxley, 5) Ickenham
Northern busy: 1) Waterloo, 2) KXSP, 3) London Bridge, 4) Bank & Monument, 5) Euston
Northern quiet: 1) Mill Hill East, 2) West Finchley, 3) Totteridge & Whetstone, 4) Brent Cross, 5) High Barnet
Piccadilly busy: 1) KXSP, 2) Piccadilly Circus, 3) Green Park, 4) Leicester Square, 5) Holborn
Piccadilly quiet: 1) North Ealing, 2) Ickenham, 3) Hillingdon, 4) Ruislip, 5) Sudbury Hill
Victoria busy: 1) KXSP, 2) Victoria, 3) Oxford Circus, 4) Euston, 5) Green Park
Victoria quiet: 1) Blackhorse Road, 2) Stockwell, 3) Pimlico, 4) Tottenham Hale, 5) Seven Sisters
W&C busy: 1) Waterloo, 2) Bank & Monument
W&C quiet: 1) Bank & Monument, 2) Waterloo
I must say, that helped me spot that West Ham is surprisingly low at 3.46m. I'm guessing interchange is high though.
Blast! I found it interesting.
Sigh.
Of course, I know what they did there...
For example the 94, 148 and 390 that run down Bayswater Rd have each lost over 0.5m pass jnys in the last year. Doesn't take much to see where those people have gone - to the Tube.
Part of the issue at Stratford is the ongoing boom in usage of Overground and TfL Rail services. Tube services have been growth but it's been lower than TfL's own targets. I imagine it will just keep rising as the momentum behind Crossrail rises and engineering works complete.
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