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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:15:10 -0800 (PST)
john b wrote:
On Feb 22, 1:05=A0am, wrote:
Does a week go by anymore when there isn't a serious train failure on
it?
And I think we all know which type of train.

Bathtub much?

Eh?

B2003


I've experienced some serious delays in the last few months of more than 30
mins and it's rare I don't get at least 3 delays of at least 10 mins each
week (of course rarely long enough for me to claim a CCR). On at least 2
occasions it took over an hour to get from Tottenham Hale to Seven Sisters,
typically stopping after leaving TH so I couldn't get off and "seek an
alternative route"

Tonight was very bad and at the time there were no reports of delays - a 5
min gap between Northbound trains, Arsenal playing at home ( very rude
fans ) - as I got off at Blackhorse Rd I heard some announcement about an
earlier defective train. The effect of the Arsenal game seemed to be
particuarly bad tonight and no-one seemed to want to move to the Piccadilly
line as was being suggested by LU staff

I try and avoid the new trains where possible, as 9 times out of 10 when
I've been on one it's either broken down or waited for at least 3 mins
between each station. Being more regular now, it's getting hard to avoid
them though. I've therefore taken to an alternative route in the morning
that means as little Victoria Line as possible (or potentially none at all)
and means I get to work on time and has potentially saved me my job!