The Anonymous Widower

The Success of the East London Line

I found this article on the web. It predicts that in 2011-2012 they’ll be a large increase in passengers on the East London Line.

Here’s the first couple of paragraphs.

The London Overground network has “grown faster than anticipated” with nearly three and a half times more journeys made per week in 2011 than in 2007, according to a TfL report on the train operator. Nearly two million journeys were made per week in September last year compared with 0.6 million in 2007.

But the increase has led to higher levels of crowding, and the local government body predicts that there will be 100 million journeys made on the service in 2011/12 as user demand proliferates this year due to predicted popular events including the Olympic Games and the Queen’s Jubilee.

I think it proves that building new rail lines or improving old ones encourages a lot of people to use trains.

January 10, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | London Overground, Trains