[cwoodward]

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A well managed line that works !

[AMcWhirter]

The services to and from Heathrow can be overcrowded at peak times but so too is the rest of the line.

Figures released today by rail regulator ORR reveal just how popular the Elizabethe Line has become.

Passenger numbers have increased by 41 per cent in three months. One in six of all UK rail journeys (excluding tube lines) are now made on the Liz Line.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/passengers-elizabeth-line-soar-41-per-cent-tfl-overcrowding-b1067730.html

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[cwoodward]

This perhaps to a degree points up how poor some of the other services are in comparison as reasonably often the Elizabeth line is not the pax’s only choice of line.
The demand is staggering and I am reminded of the naysayers who so strongly objected the building of the line.

[RoyJones]

I wonder if the passenger numbers figure is at all meaningful. The Elizabeth Line is really 3 joined sectors: West of Paddington incl Heathrow; Central Section form Paddington to Liverpool Street or Stratford and East of Liverpool Street or Stratford. I very much doubt many passengers use all three sectors, maybe many use two. The passenger count would also include people going one or two stations as well as the train buffs who go from Reading to Shenfield. Yes Crossrail was very expensive so its a delight to see that a full sized railway though Central London is being heavily used and the investment rewarded. Now for Crossrail2!

[cwoodward]

It would be interesting to know these things and I am sure the information that you mention is available however the well-designed and managed line is a major success. I wonder how it will be in five years or so.
I would have thought its largely commuters not ‘train buffs’ that are travelling longer distances on the line as surely the ‘buffs’ will have had there fill after so many months.

Yes roll on Crossrail 2..40 years time at best I suggest.

[RodneyUK]

Is the line operating at full capacity yet? Last I saw, many of the units were stored at the old Oak Common site.

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