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Ken Wheatley · February 26th 04, 08:40 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 25 Feb 2004 16:43:10 -0800, (Mike Delorme)
wrote:

Uh Ken,

This journey started out from London Liverpool Street station at
5:30AM How likely do you think the M11 is to be blocked by a crash or
jammed at this time of the morning?

It's pretty likely to be a reliable choice at such an early hour.

I noted the time and, yes, it does reduce the risk of a problem on the
roads. But not by much as it isn't early enough (especially to an
airport). The motorway rush hour is in full spate within an hour or
so.

Anyway, the trains are also more reliable before the morning peak is
fully underway.

As an aside, I note that the overnight and (when they were running)
Sunday rail replacements are now described as taking 'about 45
minutes'. Much more realistic than the 90 minutes they used to
suggest.