Tube proposals 'could boost service for commuters'

Date: 1/4/2011

Proposals have been announced to create a new timetable for one of the busiest sections on the Tube network.

Transport for London (TfL) reveals that passengers on the District line could enjoy a more reliable service if the journey is rerouted and five additional trains are added during morning peak travel times.

It claims that London Underground (LU) hopes to simplify the service in the Earl's Court area by removing weekday journeys to Kensington Olympia as this is used by less than one per cent of all people on the District Line.

The service could then be redirected to Wimbledon - which receives 30 per cent of the line's traffic - and increase the number of trains running during early peak times by 12 per cent.

During the weekends, journeys to Olympia would be resumed and LU hopes that this new timetable can be in place by December of this year.

Additional London Overground services will be in place from May at Kensington Olympia.

Meanwhile, TfL has published its business plan, detailing the biggest investment in the capital's transport infrastructure for 80 years.

Posted by Mary Treen