Transport written question – answered at on 7 January 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Thameslink improvement programme on over-crowding on the Northern Line tube.
The Thameslink programme is expected to relieve crowding on London Underground Services by reducing the need to interchange from rail onto underground services and providing more capacity between North London and South London and across Central London.
The Northern Line is expected to benefit from this crowding relief particularly on the City branch between King's Cross/St Pancras and London Bridge, which will benefit from the enhanced Thameslink service, and on the Charing Cross branch which is expected to benefit from passengers from north of London choosing to interchange at Blackfriars in order to travel to the West End.
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