Kings Cross accrued 1,853 minutes of delays in a year.
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A survey of London’s most stressful tube stations has crowned King’s Cross the winner.
The survey, carried out by PowWowNow, created an index measuring the flow in and out of stations, mentions on social media and total delays suffered.
The survey found other popular stations for commuters such as Bank and Monument, Stratford and Waterloo among the most stressful.
While Kings Cross scored 1.9 out of 3, Bank and Monument narrowly missed out with a score of 1.89.
Delay criticism
Bank and Monument gained the most negative and neutral social media comments, the distance between connecting lines is attributed to be a major reason.
Kings Cross accrued 1,853 minutes of delays between November 2017 and October 2018, 17th highest.
The station with the most delays is Acton Town in Zone 3 racking up a total of 4,432 minutes of delays.
Acton Town, on the Piccadilly line, is often criticised for delays in rush hour with trains waiting in the station for several minutes.
David Leboff, a Transport for London station planner, said the Piccadilly line “is running at only 26 trains an hour, substantially lower than comparable lines”.
“We are not a modern underground system”
“In time a new signalling system will be installed (on the Piccadilly line) but that’s still some way-a-way,” added Leboff.
“All we can do is manage the situation within the constraints we’ve got. Because ultimately, we are not a modern underground system. We have the legacy of the hangover of a system that goes back in places over 150 years”.
The stations with the smallest delays are all in Zone 4.
Redbridge accrued only 19 minutes but Barkingside has the least amount of delays with only 17 minutes.
Short HeadlineKings Cross London's 'most stressful tube station'
StandfirstA survey has revealed Kings Cross Tube Station has topped the list of most stressful tube stations
A survey of London’s most stressful tube stations has crowned King’s Cross the winner.
The survey, carried out by PowWowNow, created an index measuring the flow in and out of stations, mentions on social media and total delays suffered.
The survey found other popular stations for commuters such as Bank and Monument, Stratford and Waterloo among the most stressful.
While Kings Cross scored 1.9 out of 3, Bank and Monument narrowly missed out with a score of 1.89.
Delay criticism
Bank and Monument gained the most negative and neutral social media comments, the distance between connecting lines is attributed to be a major reason.
Kings Cross accrued 1,853 minutes of delays between November 2017 and October 2018, 17th highest.
The station with the most delays is Acton Town in Zone 3 racking up a total of 4,432 minutes of delays.
Acton Town, on the Piccadilly line, is often criticised for delays in rush hour with trains waiting in the station for several minutes.
David Leboff, a Transport for London station planner, said the Piccadilly line “is running at only 26 trains an hour, substantially lower than comparable lines”.
“We are not a modern underground system”
“In time a new signalling system will be installed (on the Piccadilly line) but that’s still some way-a-way,” added Leboff.
“All we can do is manage the situation within the constraints we’ve got. Because ultimately, we are not a modern underground system. We have the legacy of the hangover of a system that goes back in places over 150 years”.
The stations with the smallest delays are all in Zone 4.
Redbridge accrued only 19 minutes but Barkingside has the least amount of delays with only 17 minutes.
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