London Overground services missing out stops to recover the service

[WAB]

Here's a supplemental question....

Bearing in mind that my local station is Wressle, with occasional bouts of Howden and Selby, it always seems odd to me that they bother with passenger timetables at all down in that London. When trains are going every ten to fifteen minutes, why not just turn up and hop on the next one (which is kind of how I feel the tube works, even though I assume there is some sort of operational timetable somewhere).

15 minutes is at the very limit of turn-up-and-go, and frequencies are often x20 or x30 on parts of LO, particularly in the evenings.

 

[miklcct]

15 minutes is at the very limit of turn-up-and-go, and frequencies are often x20 or x30 on parts of LO, particularly in the evenings.

I have got hit by such frequencies a few times on the West London Line late evening. I have recently checked the timetable and I'll avoid using it after 22:00 Saturday or 20:00 Sunday for a through journey to beyond Willesden Junction.

 

[miklcct]

On tubes that go every 1-3 minutes, then yes you do just turn up. But 10-15 minutes - nah, definitely not! Just missing a train that only goes every 15 minutes could make you very late for a meeting/class/whatever. I normally use the Elizabeth line to get into central London. That goes every 7-8 minutes, and I still very often glance at live departures just before leaving home to make sure I'm not about to just miss a train/need to walk extra-fast to avoid having to wait (Depending a bit how early I am and how time-critical whatever I'm going to is)

At 7-8 minutes I still just turn up, for example, on the North London Line, where I don't even bother checking the timetable.

At 15 minutes, hell no. For example, one of my usual commutes is between Kentish Town and Farringdon and I will make sure that I don't miss the 09:07 or 09:22 train after my morning swim.