On Nov 14, 7:24*pm, wrote:
Three whole lines closed for the whole weekend is far worse than I
remember (outside Christmas and Easter).

Was it?

My travels this weekend did take in central London but didn't involve
the Tube, so I can't provide a personal observation.

However whilst it was undoubtedly a 'busy' weekend in terms of LU
closures I don't think it was unprecedented at all.

For the record this is what the situation is/was:

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Jubilee line - full line closure
Victoria line - full line closure
Circle line - no service
H&C line - no service Edgware Road to Barking
Met line - no service Baker St to Aldgate

Away from central London:
Piccadilly line - closed between Acton Town and Uxbridge
District line - closed between Turnham Green and Ealing Broadway
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The reason why I listed the Circle line as 'no service' as opposed to
'full line closure' is that I don't really regard the Circle line as a
distinct line - instead it's more of a service pattern on the sub-
surface railway (SSR). The section of the Circle line's route that had
no service was Edgware Road to Tower Hill, so that's something like
half-ish of the Circle.

I think there have been previous weekends where the whole Jubilee and
whole Vic line have been shut, along with partial closure of the SSR
Circle and suspension of Circle line service - if not quite that then
with the Jubilee only running between Stanmore and Wembley Park or
something of that ilk.

Of course I imagine that the Northern, Central and Bakerloo lines were
v. busy. As it was Remembrance Sunday, then of course there were also
the road closures on and around Whitehall both yesterday and today.
Inevitably this results in many bus diversions and obviously also some
knock-on traffic effects, which would have made things more difficult
for some people who were trying to re-route via the bus network.