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Was walking in central London yesterday. I noted that (and chatted to staff in hi-vis to confirm) that Charing Cross tube station is one of the closed ones, which I find bizarre.

Anyone arriving by train wishing to continue by tube has to walk down Villiers street to Embankment to access the Underground.

Geofftech | 09.07.20 - 7:25 a.m. | #

Embankment was the original Charing Cross tube station.

John | 09.07.20 - 7:51 a.m. | #

Thanks for the mapping, DG.

Time to put the spotlight on those stations that are still closed: I’ve been unable to get any meaningful response so far from TfL, re my local station Clapham South, normally one of the busier south of the river (8m pax pa),with no sign of reopening. Many more affected too, starting to cause real inconvenience. Does anyone know what’s going on?

Phil SW11 | 09.07.20 - 8:26 a.m. | #

Bus stop M
I think Is missing from the TfL list of busiest bus stops.

Al | 09.07.20 - 9:23 a.m. | #

And no information on when or if they are going to reopen the Waterloo and City.

davews | 09.07.20 - 9:31 a.m. | #

As with all statistics, this depends on how the criteria are defined - ie what constitutes "Busy". This is clearly not being done on total passenger numbers. For stations, queuing appears to be a significant consideration. Sections of line, I assume, might be a comparison between passenger numbers and service provision. The results are surprising (eg central line towards Essex).

kev | 09.07.20 - 10:03 a.m. | #

Interesting that the busiest section of the DLR is the Woolwich branch

In the current times it would be more useful if TfL could get together with the NR companies to provide a combined list of busy lines and services, to spread the load out better

Mikey C | 09.07.20 - 10:33 a.m. | #

The Power BI tool gives an incomplete picture where the flow is very directional. Uxbridge for instance has become something of an employment hub, so (in normal times at least) is busy in the morning with people arriving for work, whereas trains towards central London for the more traditional commuting journeys are relatively quiet. The graph can't capture that.

Andrew S | 09.07.20 - 10:53 a.m. | #

I would have thought that which stations or lines are re-opened or remain closed would mainly depend on the possibility or impossibility of making the COVID-proofing internal rearrangements and one-waying in a way that get through a risk-assessment. So nothing to do with how many passengers are inconvenienced, and certainly nothing to do with what the station used to be called before it was renamed.

Malcolm | 09.07.20 - 12:46 p.m. | #

The Power BI is also deficient in not listing overground stations in suburbs not served by the tube.

dg writes: It includes all the Overground stations. What it doesn't include is National Rail stations.

John | Homepage | 09.07.20 - 5:00 p.m. | #

GeoffTech, You answered your own point really, Embankment is only a short walk from Charing Cross so there isn’t much need for both to be open. Embankment offers the same lines as CC plus District/Circle so is by far the better option to have open from the two.
This saves staff when there are several off sick and saves money on not keeping two stations open that are very close together.

Jon | 09.07.20 - 5:44 p.m. | #

I wonder if they keep some stations closed in an attempt to force you to walk. if you were going from CX to Pic Circus of Leics Sq you might be tempted to jump on a tube - but if you're going to have to walk to Embankment, you might as well just walk to PC or LS ... and thereby reduce LU passenger numbers.

It is very odd though that with London C19 case numbers so low, that TfL don't have enough staff to open all their stations.

ADS | Homepage | 09.07.20 - 6:26 p.m. | #

Note to self: What people really want to talk about is stations that are still closed, not stations that are busy.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 09.07.20 - 6:38 p.m. | #

I mean the PBI App is reasonable, by no means great. Mobile experience is acceptable if you haven't tried it. Desktop experience with the dropdown - cumbersome I agree. I'm assuming most visitors are here just to look at one station not many so possible annoyance is short lived...

Has flown under the radar the app a bit... can't recall such a raft of info pushed out by TfL for a long time.

Finally, the basic list of stations with no map is a bit shortsighted - yes. Possibly easier to maintain the only reason I can come up for them...

Robbie Fontaine | 09.07.20 - 11:15 p.m. | #

Charing Cross is not only very close to adjacent stations (including one that serves the same lines) but one of the reasons it's closed (or at least was closed initially) is that it has two very separate entrances/ticket halls. This makes it resource heavy when it comes to staffing.

Phil SW11, the TfL website is saying that Clapham South re-opens on Monday, though initially only weekdays from 7am to 7pm.

davews, I would assume the Waterloo & City is way down the priority list, TfL will be focusing on having as many drivers for the Central as possible and it mainly benefits office workers who will be one of the last groups to return to work & the tube.

Jack S | 10.07.20 - 9:33 a.m. | #

Presumably the stations that are currently closing at 7pm or 11pm willstay open a bit longer.
If you were due to alight at your stop at 6.55pm (when the station was due to be open) but the service is delayed - presumably LU won't actually close the station until after the scheduled arrivals.

ADS | Homepage | 11.07.20 - 11:23 a.m. | #

I'm surprised the Northern Line northwards from London Bridge isn't shown as busy. I don't use it regularly these days, but when I do - usually in the shoulders of the morning peak - you have a job to get on the platform, never mind on a train.

Tom B | 11.07.20 - 12:32 p.m. | #











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