Title Rail devolution business case narrative 1 Summary

south along the A23. There are many reasons for this, but a big part of the
explanation is the relatively poor service. TfL is therefore looking at ways of
making better use of this infrastructure which has great geographical coverage
but poor capability.
Figure 2: Where people who enter Brixton station come from
1.4 This phenomenon is not unique to Brixton; other Underground stations in south
and south east London are substantially busier than equivalent suburban rail
stations, with large volumes of bus demand between rail-served areas and
Underground stations. These stations include Brixton, Tooting Broadway, North
Greenwich, Canada Water, Elephant & Castle and Morden.
1.5 The suburban rail network is therefore potentially underutilised and could deliver
far more for passengers if major changes were made. TfL believes that by
bringing the simplicity and dependability of the Underground to the suburban rail
network in south and south east London, capacity could be increased, helping to
accommodate the expected growth in passenger demand across the region.
1.6 One symptom of this is long dwell times at busy interchange station such as
Clapham Junction. Here about a third of the train disembark, and a roughly
equivalent number get on afterwards. Most of the rolling stock has doors just over
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