"Mizter T" wrote in message
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"CJB" wrote:
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On Sunday afternoon / evening (4-9-2011), signalling problems at
Airport Junction and ensured the curtailment of Heathrow Connect
services into/out of the Airport (cable theft?)

* the Heathrow Connect was dumping passengers (many with luggage) on
bay platform 5 with instructions - clearly displayed on the dot matrix
signs for platform 4 that they should get to Heathrow on the 140 bus
AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE; passengers had already paid over £6 to go from
HE&H to LHR for tickets which they couldn't use.

* no arrangements had been made with Metroline to accept HConn tickets
on the 140 to Heathrow

Genuine question - do you know for certain that no arrangements were made
to pass HC tickets on the 140 bus? You confidently assert this was the
case, but don't provide anything in the above post to back that up - did
you ask a bus driver, for instance?

Connect tickets were not being accepted on the 140 bus although they were
being accepted on HEX.
Bit of a detour to go from Hayes via Paddington though.

John