Increasing shoulder services

[ozbob]

Discussion on ' Increasing the shoulder services around the AM peak one-hour and encouraging a reduction from 65% of trips in the peak one hour to approximately 60% of peak trips in the peak one hour '.

[somebody]

I expect the advice will be that increasing shoulder services would require:
a) reducing peak services; or
b) more trains

[wbj]

What are the loadings for shoulder services at the moment?  If those services are nowhere near full yet, it would be more of an issue of ensuring they are at a reasonably convenient time, a quicker service or are passengers are made aware of their existence as a reasonable alternative to peak hour service.