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It seems counter intuitive that the evening peaks should contain greater flows than in the morning given the greater uniformity of start times, i.e concentrated between 8 and 9 am as opposed to almost twice as long when people finish.

However, when you look at the lines concerned then this is probably due to the effect that tourists and shoppers have.

Ken | 27.11.19 - 7:35 a.m. | #

The busiest link in a single direction is in the morning when the most concentrated flows occur. However on many lines the flow in the opposite direction (the counter peak) is much quieter in the am then the pm peak. This combination of leisure and commuters makes the pm peak busier.

CP | 27.11.19 - 8:39 a.m. | #

Fascinating figures, but not particularly meaningful. All passengers on the Waterloo & City travel the entire length of the line which makes it effectively "busier" than the statistics infer. On perhaps 4 other lines the majority of journeys probably involve less than half the line length, and on the others considerably less. The Northern is almost two separate lines so it is not surprising it gets the highest figure.

kev | 27.11.19 - 9:32 a.m. | #

Thanks DG - interesting information. Is there any data on the effects of Overground taking over lines such as Liverpool Street to Chingford and Enfield? Do we know passenger numbers pre-TfL?

Martin | 27.11.19 - 10:00 a.m. | #

Thanks indeed, but as kev says, not the most useful data. Do they publish passenger-miles by lines? Or even more useful, passenger-miles per mile of track?

RogerB | 27.11.19 - 10:06 a.m. | #

If the data's not what you want, feel free to put in an FoI of your own.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 27.11.19 - 10:38 a.m. | #

If you rank the lines by the number of trips per mile of route, you get a very different order: Victoria (23m), Jubilee, W&C, Northern, Bakerloo, Central, District, Piccadilly, Circle, H&C, Met (2m)

If you do it by size of train fleet (number of cars), Waterloo & City (850,000 passengers per car per year), Victoria, Northern, Bakerloo, Jubilee, Central, Piccadilly, District/Circle/H&C (which share a common fleet, Metropolitan (222,000 per car). Most lines are around 500,000

The lines which stray furthest into the country can be seen to be carrying the most fresh air.

Ranked by passengers per station served, which gives a measure of how crowded the platforms are:
Victoria (19m/station/year), Jubilee (11m), W&C (8.5m), Northern (7.2m), Central (6.5m), Bakerloo (5m), District (4.5m), Picc (4.3m), Met (3m), H&C/Circle (2.75m - but note that most of their platforms are shared with other lines)

timbo | 27.11.19 - 10:40 a.m. | #

I'm surprised how far down the list the Met line is - seeing as it has several branches extending far NW into commuterland and has fast trains to deliver them straight into the heart of the city, or a simple swap to the Jubilee line for Canary Wharf!

Cornish Cockney | 27.11.19 - 10:41 a.m. | #

Given that the GOBLIN suffered quite a lot prior to May this year, I believe it can easily (re-)overtake the Watford DC Line and W&C by 2020. Maybe it can overtake even the WA some point in the future.

Patrickov | 27.11.19 - 11:19 a.m. | #

How do they actually calculate these figures? They know where people touch in and out, but not the bits in between - if someone touched in at Baker Street and exited at Bank, there are several ways of doing this journey for example, and none of them clearly the "obvious" one.

Mikey C | 27.11.19 - 11:29 a.m. | #

The LO Nighttube numbers are appalling. I guess 3000 people means its not cost effective at all, Cheaper to run buses I am guessing. Perhaps it might improve when it expands.

Andrew Jarman | 27.11.19 - 11:52 a.m. | #

I very much enjoy the name of the initial FOI requester. I'd love to think that's someone's real name.

Will | 27.11.19 - 1:34 p.m. | #

Will, a quick Google suggests evidence which you may consider good news. It's always possible deed poll may have been involved but I would bet against it.

Chris | 27.11.19 - 1:58 p.m. | #

Agreed Andrew, maybe they should just have extended the hours by say an hour on Fri and Sat nights, so that the last train leaves central London at 1:30 am. 1:30 would seem to be late enough for most revellers, and the rest probably take minicabs or ubers (assuming they're not banned!) anyway

Mikey C | 27.11.19 - 8:27 p.m. | #

The problem with the all night services is that London has hardly any places open all night anymore. Clubbing has become decidedly less of a thing lately, leading to clubs being shut down in large numbers. Those still open are subject to ever stricter curfews. As a result, there's hardly anything still open beyond 3am. By 4am the only people still on the night tube trains are people heading to work, or to catch a very early train/flight.

straphan | 29.11.19 - 12:44 p.m. | #











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