Even more awkward are suburban commuter lines, with their large peak-hour flows.
Many commuter and peak-hour inter-city routes are now so crowded that passengers are having to stand for long periods, blocking any movement along the train.
The high cost of running peak-hour services, and the obligation to run trains at anti-social hours to isolated communities, make profits hard to achieve whatever the fares.
And yet I often wait for half an hour at peak times cursing taxi cab service in San Francisco.
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He said the incident happened during the peak of weekday happy hour, when there is typically anywhere from 15 to 45 people in the bar area as well as three to five tables of diners at the restaurant.
The tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma (above) with such power and destruction last Monday afternoon, was an EF5 with peak winds of about 210 miles per hour (340 kph) and was 1.3 miles wide at its peak (2.1 km).
Services will run every 30 minutes during peak commuter times and every hour at other times.
"Services between London and Swansea currently operate at a frequency of only one train an hour off-peak, " he added.
See if you can start work at an off-peak time to avoid rush hour, or explore whether telecommuting may be an option.
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Worse may follow on May 21st, a week ahead of the Taxi and Limousine Commission's vote on the new rules, when a convoy of cabs is due to proceed slowly over the Queensboro Bridge to City Hall, then Central Park, at the peak of the rush-hour.
As we entered Maryland she was nearing 90 mph on the shoulder of the road passing cars as if they were standing still as rush hour was nearing its peak.
"Estimates show that during the busiest hour in the morning peak period, the number of passengers on the Great Eastern main line heading to Liverpool Street is set to increase by 49% by 2031, from 16, 500 to 24, 600, " a statement said.
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There will also be an additional hour of local programming at peak time featuring local events, arts, music, restaurants and different cultures.
The recession and a surge in the number of new power plants brought online had cut the prices it could charge for generating electricity--its core business--from a peak of 25 cents per kilowatt-hour (in California, December 2000) to 2.7 cents a year later.
U.S. manufacturers now produce three and a half times more output per worker hour than they did in the peak employment year of 1979, in part because offshoring has sent many low-value jobs overseas, but also because automation has replaced lots of factory jobs.
The first customers for Marseilles will be paying about euro62 for an off-peak single ticket, or euro75 at rush-hour.
At peak times, up to 16 bullet trains an hour travel each way along the densely populated coastal plain that is home to over half of Japan's 128m people.
The message included a malicious link which was, at its peak, being accessed more than 2, 000 times every hour.
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During the peak time, coupons were flying out at 115, 000 per hour.
During rush hour, trains arrive every two minutes and off-peak, they arrive every five, making commuting and travelling around the city convenient to residents and tourists alike.
The AA motoring organisation said it had attended nearly 5, 000 breakdowns by 11:30 GMT with a peak, at about 08:00 GMT, of 1, 300 an hour.
Up to 24 trains an hour will operate in the central section between Paddington and Whitechapel during peak periods, with each train able to carry 1, 500 passengers.
Will EV drivers draw so much power during driving hours (rush hour, or mid-day), that it contributes to overall peak demand?
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Leaving before dawn, Beck could summit a peak and take a dozen photos, getting back to camp in a 20-hour round trip.
At its peak intensity this weekend, the shower is expected to generate about 16 meteors per hour in a dark sky, Cooke said.
The mountain's highest peak is the Guagua ("child" in Quechua), a two-hour hike from the town of Lloa, a one-hour drive south-west of Quito.
It takes another hour to overcome the Carrasqueira and then an additional 45 minutes to reach the peak.
Motorists driving through city rush-hour traffic would see on their in-car meters that they were being charged peak rates.
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