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How much of that is due to the reduced capacity and services they're running at this point though? Adding on Sundays and doubling the trains per hour would cert

• lbriner 4y ago
  It's not just that. How much is simply people transferring away from alternative buses and tube trains? These other services still need to be paid for so if we have the same overall number of passengers but more infrastructure to support, it's even more reason for TfL to go to the Government (or London Assembly) with the begging bowl. Obviously, it might be amazing that the existing passengers get a faster and more pleasant journey with less changes but it would also have been nice for money to be spent outside of London in the other major cities which could have benefitted much more from much less investment.
  • origin_path 4y ago
    In fairness at the time Crossrail was commissioned and built the demand was huge. London transport was overflowing. They couldn't have predicted that governments would suddenly mandate work from home and this would permanently weaken office culture, such that even the government itself couldn't get worsers back to commuting. I'm at libertarian as they come but you can't fault the planners for not seeing that one coming. Nonetheless, what's done is done. Investment in public transport makes no sense anymore. The country can't afford anything anyway now. Look at the graphs of public debt. Lockdowns and associated measures were as bad as ww2 for the public finances.