On 24/10/2012 14:08, wrote:

On Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:02:15 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
[snip]
It's going to be a sell-out, regardless of the fare. And they'd be
able to sell reserved platform tickets for a hefty price all along
the route, if that were possible.

If I remember, they're going to do a ticket ballot - that's what they
were talking about before. I'm about to email the LTM and ask for all
the details now.

Thanks. Hopefully the ballot will allow bids for at least two tickets to
be entered with a chance to 'win' together, IYSWIM.

On 24/10/2012 15:08, d wrote:

Unless its going to happen in the small hours how do they plan on keeping
normal commuters off the platforms for the moments the train goes through?


It's scheduled for Sunday 13th January 2013, with rumours of a repeat
the following Sunday.

2013 will also see, amongst other things, the return of Steam on the Met
over the Late Spring Bank Holiday weekend (25th to 27th May) and an Open
Day at Neasden Depot (31st August).

Cheers,

Barry

On 24/10/2012 15:26, Barry Salter wrote:

On 24/10/2012 15:08, d wrote:

Unless its going to happen in the small hours how do they plan on keeping
normal commuters off the platforms for the moments the train goes
through?


It's scheduled for Sunday 13th January 2013, with rumours of a repeat
the following Sunday.

2013 will also see, amongst other things, the return of Steam on the Met
over the Late Spring Bank Holiday weekend (25th to 27th May) and an Open
Day at Neasden Depot (31st August).

Good stuff - thanks for the info.

Seems like the fragmented nature of LU under the infracos was to blame
for the previous end of Steam on the Met.

Mizter T wrote:
On 24/10/2012 15:26, Barry Salter wrote:

On 24/10/2012 15:08, d wrote:

Unless its going to happen in the small hours how do they plan on keeping
normal commuters off the platforms for the moments the train goes
through?


It's scheduled for Sunday 13th January 2013, with rumours of a repeat
the following Sunday.

2013 will also see, amongst other things, the return of Steam on the Met
over the Late Spring Bank Holiday weekend (25th to 27th May) and an Open
Day at Neasden Depot (31st August).

Good stuff - thanks for the info.

Seems like the fragmented nature of LU under the infracos was to blame
for the previous end of Steam on the Met.

Yes, I think that's right: there was nothing in it for Metronet.

In message , at 15:18:11 on Wed, 24 Oct
2012, Mizter T remarked:

So, like the Olympics, no real chance to buy one.

What a surprise, a negative comment from Roland Perry.

I was right royally screwed by the Olympics ticket ballot, and I'm sure
I wasn't he only one.
--
Roland Perry

On 24/10/2012 17:00, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 15:18:11 on Wed, 24 Oct
2012, Mizter T remarked:

So, like the Olympics, no real chance to buy one.

What a surprise, a negative comment from Roland Perry.

I was right royally screwed by the Olympics ticket ballot, and I'm sure
I wasn't he only one.

Did you get up at six in the morning along with half of the rest of the
country when further tickets went on sale to those who weren;t
successful in the initial ballot? Did you not take advantage of any of
the further ticket sale releases, of which there were several?

Also, IIRC, you didn't consider any of the 75% of tickets that were to
events outside the Olympic Park to be proper Olympics tickets, unlike
all the folk who went along and enjoyed these events.

And did you consider tickets to the Paralympics instead, which was also
a fantastic spectacle?

A friend of mine also decided he had a chip on his shoulder when he
didn't get any tickets in the initial ballot, and despite the fact I
flagged up the subsequent sales to him he remained in a grump and didn't
chase any of them up - when the Games got under way, he was rather
gutted that he'd adopted such an intransigent attitude beforehand.

Anyhow, a ballot is a ballot - not everyone gets what they want, that's
the whole point, but grown ups don't then throw their toys out of the
pram and adopt a status of victimhood.

(And yes, part of that tone of irritation is an echo of that which I
shared with my aforementioned friend.)

In message , at 17:37:48 on Wed, 24 Oct
2012, Mizter T remarked:
I was right royally screwed by the Olympics ticket ballot, and I'm sure
I wasn't he only one.

Did you get up at six in the morning along with half of the rest of the
country when further tickets went on sale to those who weren;t
successful in the initial ballot? Did you not take advantage of any of
the further ticket sale releases, of which there were several?

I'd made other plans by then. And the timing of the extra ticket sales
wasn't that obvious to me (even if it might have been to half of the
rest of the population).

Also, IIRC, you didn't consider any of the 75% of tickets that were to
events outside the Olympic Park to be proper Olympics tickets, unlike
all the folk who went along and enjoyed these events.

The majority of the "outside the park" tickets were for football, so no
thanks.

And did you consider tickets to the Paralympics instead, which was also
a fantastic spectacle?

With hindsight, perhaps I could have done. But at the time of the
original ticket ballot the Paralympics had a very low profile.

Anyhow, a ballot is a ballot - not everyone gets what they want, that's
the whole point

Having applied for about six events, chosen over a range of days and
prices, none of which were things like the 100m finals, I was a bit
miffed not to get any at all. The ballot should have spread the tickets
more evenly (for example, putting people at the back of the queue once
they've got one set of tickets).

--
Roland Perry

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:37:48 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
And did you consider tickets to the Paralympics instead, which was also
a fantastic spectacle?

You're joking , right? The paralympics were a slightly sad, slightly comical
me-too event. The only people who took it seriously were the participants and
the right-on media. And the viewing figures pretty much bear that out. A lot
of the midly disabled atheletes who you can compared to the able bodied - for
example there was a cyclist with a deformed hand - were barely of club level
ability and shouldn't have been let anywhere near an olympic flame. The only
reason there were there was because of their disability, not their ability.

B2003

In article , d ()
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:37:48 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
And did you consider tickets to the Paralympics instead, which was also
a fantastic spectacle?

You're joking , right? The paralympics were a slightly sad, slightly
comical me-too event. The only people who took it seriously were the
participants and the right-on media. And the viewing figures pretty
much bear that out. A lot of the midly disabled atheletes who you can
compared to the able bodied - for example there was a cyclist with a
deformed hand - were barely of club level ability and shouldn't have been
let anywhere near an olympic flame. The only reason there were there was
because of their disability, not their ability.

Why am I not surprised at this nonsense from Boltar? My daughter and grand
daughter went to Excel for a day of various events and really enjoyed them.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote:
In article , d ()
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:37:48 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
And did you consider tickets to the Paralympics instead, which was also
a fantastic spectacle?

You're joking , right? The paralympics were a slightly sad, slightly
comical me-too event. The only people who took it seriously were the
participants and the right-on media. And the viewing figures pretty
much bear that out. A lot of the midly disabled atheletes who you can
compared to the able bodied - for example there was a cyclist with a
deformed hand - were barely of club level ability and shouldn't have been
let anywhere near an olympic flame. The only reason there were there was
because of their disability, not their ability.

Why am I not surprised at this nonsense from Boltar? My daughter and grand
daughter went to Excel for a day of various events and really enjoyed them.

Indeed, most spectators seem to have come away happy or even thrilled. And
Channel 4's viewing figures were so high that they're keen to bid for the
Rio Paralympic rights, as is the Beeb. Fortunately, Boltar's world seems to
be a small place.