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Title: Greenford branch - drop in traffic. Post by: grahame on December 11, 2018, 18:36:15 I have been told - not sure my sources - that you loose between 40% and 46% of your passengers if you change from a through service to one on which they have to make a connection. Sadly, the ORR's latest figures confirm this has been proven by example on the Greenford branch.
(http://www.wellho.net/pix/greenford.png) Title: Re: Greenford branch - drop in traffic. Post by: simonw on December 11, 2018, 19:18:07 Interesting, what happens if connections are frequent and reliable?
Does this drop still happen, or is it a reflection of peoples unwillingness to be stranded at an arbitrary station of no value to them? From me perspective, one or two connections that are frequent|reliable is not an issue; especially if toilets/refreshments are available. Title: Re: Greenford branch - drop in traffic. Post by: grahame on December 11, 2018, 20:44:57 Interesting, what happens if connections are frequent and reliable? Does this drop still happen, or is it a reflection of peoples unwillingness to be stranded at an arbitrary station of no value to them? From me perspective, one or two connections that are frequent|reliable is not an issue; especially if toilets/refreshments are available. I have no data correlating traffic drop against connection reliability - sorry - best I could do is educated guess. Biggest drop of all at Drayton Park could relate to it being very close to West Ealing - many homes will be within walking distance of both, and people who walked to Drayton Park before for a direct Paddington train are probably walking to West Ealing now. Title: Re: Greenford branch - drop in traffic. Post by: Chris125 on December 17, 2018, 18:22:16 It will be interesting to see how much Crossrail reverses this.
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