Humdrum transport news

Humdrum transport news You could be reading more interesting transport news today. This is not it. 🚇 A new Central line timetable starts on Monday. It recognises that the line is in a slightly better state than a few years ago when lots of trains were breaking down and they had to reduce the service a bit. It means they can now run 72 trains at peak times, previously 71. It's particularly good news offpeak between White City and Leytonstone which currently sees 21 trains an hour but next week this rises to 24. The same applies on Saturdays. On Sundays this central section will now get 21-22 trains per hour (boosted to 24 between 4.30pm and 6pm). Passengers on the eastern branches won't see much change in frequency. However it's a different matter out west, sorry. The Ealing Broadway branch will be reduced to a regular 10 minute service all week. It's currently 8 trains an hour offpeak but will now be 6. Meanwhile the West Ruislip branch is being slimmed to 8 trains an hour off-peak,…