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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 2 February 2001, Official Report, column 315W, on London Underground, what proportion of the maximum capacity of London Underground train carriages was reached at peak periods during January and February on a line by line basis. [154397] Mr. Hill: This is an operational matter for London Underground Ltd. (LUL) who inform me that they regularly monitor train crowding which enables them to assess the level of crowding on the busiest sections of each line. The complexity of this survey means that it is not cost-effective for it to be carried out on a monthly basis. It is therefore not possible to provide the information specifically requested in the question for January and February this year as to do so would incur disproportionate costs. The table shows the most recent information as measured by London Underground at various times during 1999-2000. For each line it provides a snapshot of the busiest quarter-hour period on the busiest section The table shows in columns F and G the theoretical design capacity of trains as set out in the earlier answer on 2 February 2001, Official Report, column 315W, and in columns H and I the average number of people recorded by LUL in 1999-2000 as using those lines at the busiest period. However, it should be noted that in practice some trains may have a higher and some a lower crowding. This could be caused by either any unevenness in the time between consecutive trains or in the uneven distribution of customers along platforms. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A B C F G H I Design capacity Actual number of people Line Busiest section Time Hour capacity Quarter-hour Hour capacity Quarter-hour capacity capacity Bakerloo Charing Cross to 08.45-09.00 27,954 6,989 21,676 5,419 Piccadilly Circus Central Bethnal Green to 08.45-09.00 45,582 11,395 37,876 9,469 Liverpool Street Victoria Victoria to 08.45-09.00 42,363 10,591 33,098 8,274 Green Park Waterloo and City Waterloo to Bank 07.45-08.00 14,818 3,704 11,854 2,964 Jubilee St. John's Wood 08.45-09.00 19,375 4,844 19,949 4,987 to Baker Street Northern Clapham North to 08.45-09.00 28,258 6,564 29,286 7,321 Stockwell Piccadilly Earl's Court to 08.30-08.45 33,216 8,304 25,144 6,286 Gloucester Road Circle Sloane Square to 17.30-17.45 8,958 2,240 8,493 2,123 Victoria H&C Liverpool Street 08.30-08.45 8,958 2,240 8,493 2,123 to Moorgate Metropolitan Finchley Road to 08.30-08.45 35,984 8,991 34,409 8,602 Baker Street District Victoria to St. 08.30-08.45 30,380 7,595 27,085 6,771 James's Park East London Line Surrey Quays to 08.15-08.30 6,815 1,704 6,521 1,630 Canada Water _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

154397; 365 c282-4W;365 c282-3W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Passengers London Underground Overcrowding Travel Underground railways Rolling stock

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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