In message , at 20:59:19 on
Wed, 23 Jul 2014, Paul Corfield remarked:
"Due to improvement works the ticket office at Finsbury Park will be
shut from the 21 July to the 27 July"

Sounds a bit like the "improvements" elsewhere which have closed the
line to Uxbridge completely, and mean Bond Street Jubilee Line station
is closed.

Do you moan about absolutely everything just so you can then argue the
toss for the next 5 weeks?

Two things stand out regarding these particular closures.

One is the "Hutbers Law" aspect, the other is the way things were being
announced.

Yesterday I caught a Jubilee Line train from Baker Street to Waterloo,
and at Baker Street the driver announced the Bond St closure and advised
people to use the Bakerloo via Oxford Circus. On arrival at Green Park
he said "For people who ignored my last announcement, you'll have to
change to the Victoria Line for Oxford Circus then change to the
Central".

On station concourses there was widely differing public address advice
about the Uxbridge closure, from notification about bus replacement
services to bald requests to "find an alternative route to your
destination".

You'll be suggesting next that if only people made an effort Crossrail
could be built, commissioned and brought into service in 2 years
rather than 8 years.

I was always surprised they didn't put in the effort early enough to get
it finished for the Olympics. But at least it'll have taken less time
than Thameslink!
--
Roland Perry