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Recliner[_3_] · July 27th 15, 12:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:29:13 +0000 (UTC), y wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:11:10 +0100
Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 27/07/2015 12:01, y wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:53:06 +0100
Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 27/07/2015 11:21, y wrote:
Anyone know why? And how come Overground think the route is so
inconsequential
that they can just shut it for 2 days during the working week and to hell
with
the travelling public?

--
Spud

Crossrail work at Whitechapel according to TfLs website.

And it's not to hell with the travelling public - they have rail
replacement buses, seemingly a vast number of them given how Cable

Replacement bus services in london are a joke in the rush hour. You'd
often be quicker walking.

Well, if you can't run a train service (and there are sometimes reasons
why you can't), what else are they meant to offer? A rail replacement
helicopter service?!?

Do the work at a time when you inconvenience the least number of people.

Such as when schools are out for the summer holidays?