Comment by mgaunard
1 day ago
People tend to work in central and live in the suburbs. That's kind of the general thing for most cities.
The overground connects suburbs to other suburbs, which realistically, isn't something people use or need nearly as much.
A few overground lines are usable for a work commute though. There is a branch going to Liverpool Street, and the connection to the DLR can be convenient for Canary Wharf.
Also if you leave very far, it might be your only option to take the overground to a better-connected area. But that usually means a one-hour commute which is stretching the limit of practicability.
> People tend to work in central and live in the suburbs. That's kind of the general thing for most cities.
Sure, but this was also true before central London became what it is now, so it seems orthogonal to my point.