Hello, can you tell me how many journeys were made from Abbey Road DLR station to St. John's Wood tube station in the calendar year 2018? So long as it does not cause my request to exceed the FOI working time limit, please break this down by month, and into peak and off-peak journeys.

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TfL Ref: FOI-3041-1819 

 

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 12 February 2019. 

 

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked:

 

 

Can you tell me how many journeys were made from Abbey Road DLR station to St. John's Wood tube station in the calendar year 2018? 

So long as it does not cause my request to exceed the FOI working time limit, please break this down by month, and into peak and off-peak journeys. 

 

Please find the requested data in the table below.  

 

Customers tapping in at Abbey Road DLR station and subsequently tapping out at St Johns Wood LU station
Month	Peak (0700-1000 and 1600-1900)	Off Peak (all other times)	Total
Jan 2018	8	93	101
Feb 2018	18	46	64
Mar 2018	14	66	80
Apr 2018	8	78	86
May 2018	25	77	102
Jun 2018	24	79	103
Jul 2018	29	106	135
Aug 2018	57	104	161
Sep 2018	18	41	59
Oct 2018	17	58	75
Nov 2018	19	65	84
Dec 2018	61	60	121
Total 2018	298	873	1171

 

This data represents observed passengers who tapped in with an Oyster card or Contactless payment method at Abbey Road, and their subsequent exit tap was at St John’s Wood. On a typical day, there are over 1,000 entries at Abbey Road DLR station, to put into context how small these figures are. 

 

It’s also important to note that these figures may not have captured everyone making the journey between Abbey Road and St John’s Wood. This is because Abbey Road is an ungated station. Standalone passenger validators are installed for customers to validate their ticketing product. As such any customers who have not tapped upon entry at Abbey Road (including customers with a valid magnetic or paper travel card) will not be captured in this data.  

 

We have also installed a sign at Abbey Road station, informing customers who have travelled to Abbey Road in the hope of seeing the zebra crossing made famous by The Beatles, that they have gone to the wrong location and that they should head to St John’s Wood. Any customers seeing this sign and taking the option to travel to St John’s Wood without exiting the station at Abbey Road, may not tap at Abbey Road and so would not be captured in this data. 

 

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

 

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.  

 

Yours sincerely 

 

Eva Hextall 

FOI Case Officer 

 

FOI Case Management Team 

General Counsel 

Transport for London 

 

  

  

Hello, can you tell me how many journeys were made from Abbey Road DLR station to St. John's Wood tube station in the calendar year 2018? 

 

So long as it does not cause my request to exceed the FOI working time limit, please break this down by month, and into peak and off-peak journeys. 

 

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