Average journey time

[harlesden]

What is the average journey time between Paddington (Bishops Road) and Paddington (Praed Street) on the Circle Line?

[Deleted]

I think a circle round (Edgware Road-Edgware Road) is 49 minutes, although I am unsure if this is with or without waiting at stations such as Aldgate, or which direction etc.

[Chris M]

If you mean travelling via Aldgate, 58 minutes at this time of day according to the Journey Planner

(I set the start location to be a short walk from Praed Street entrance, set the max walking time to 2 minutes, set the walking speed to slow, enter a via point of Aldgate, set the end point to be Paddington (H&C station), and asked for a route with the least walking between stops. I then viewed the details to find how long the tube journey would take).

[Dstock7080]

WTT24 from 12December, off-peak shows (a random train):

Paddington (Circle) . . . . . . . 13 21½
HIGH STREET KENSINGTON . 13 28
Gloucester Road . . . . . . . . . 13 30½
South Kensington . . . . . . . . 13 32
Embankment . . . . . . . . . . . 13 42½
Mansion House . . . . . . . . . . 13 48
Tower Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 52½
ALDGATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 54½
Aldgate Pfm. No. . . . . . . . . . 4
ALDGATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 57½
Liverpool Street . . . . . . . . . 13 59½
Moorgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 01½
Farringdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 04½
King's Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 08
Baker St Pfm. No. . . . . . . . . 6
Baker Street . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13½
Edgware Road Pfm. No. . . . . 4
EDGWARE ROAD . . . . . . . . . 14b17
Praed Street Junction . . . . . . 14|18
Paddington (Sub) . . . . . . . . . 14 19

[Chris M]

that's 57½ minutes by my maths, which would suggest no change in running time between timetables (for those specific trains at least) given that the journey planner only works to the 1 minute resolution.

[citysig]

WTT24 has no change in run times. WTT25 on the other hand...

Generally it's booked at 57 minutes, with some 63, 65 and a couple of 56 minutes during and just after the peak.

[SE13]

Same with everything, off peak earlies run at a lesser frequency, but will have a shorter running time. Peak time will have the most frequent runners, but probably the longest journey time, off peak will run at more or less the same frequency but with quicker times.

The same applies through evening peak and late night.

[dazzmcguinness]

Just wondering, has anyone seen any notable improvements throughout all the engineering works that have been going on at weekends seemingly forever?

I couldn't say for definite whether there has been an improvement in efficiency or speed of journeys increasing, and they probably all average out even if they are 'better' based on the fact most lines are being dug up, replaced or renovated on the weekends: darrenmcguinness.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/mcguinness-on-weekend-closures-and-progress-of-engineering-work/

Plus as much as I appreciate the fact that buses are a necessary evil to ensure some transport runs, is there any other way for us to get from A-to-B without having to go via C and then diverted through F?

'McGuinness

[citysig]

The average customer won't, unfortunately, see improvements on a day-by-day basis, and many will begrudge admitting that over the course of the year we may have done a half decent job. So it's left to our internal statistics, and left to us to blow our own trumpets.

Reliability for the entire H&C and Circle has increased immensely over the course of the last year and a bit. There have been less failures in areas where track etc. has been replaced. The weekend closures are certainly not a waste of time. The trend, however, is moving towards long-term closures to get work done - it's actually what the public appear to want and it's understandable.

The "suggested" diversion planning is normally based on making people spend as little time as possible on a replacement bus. Sometimes it probably would seem to make more sense to have buses run parallel to lines so to speak. It is not always that easy to do that, as many lines run into central London.