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Old August 15th 04, 08:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Dave Arquati Dave Arquati is offline
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Paul Weaver wrote:

"Edward Cowling" wrote in message
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"Richard J." wrote in message
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But the main reason why people don't take any notice IMHO is because
there are just too many announcements. It's a continual stream: good


"Services on the Victoria line are normal" is my own
favourite. It either means the service is so bad normally
that a decent service requires an announcement, or that
normal service is the long waits we're all used to :-)

The worst though is the North London Line, or Silverlink
as they laughingly call it. Every late train is announced with
an apology..... and most days that's a very long list. I can
see someone taking an axe to the speakers pretty soon.



Aren't trains always 15 minutes apart? In which case a train running 15
minutes late is unnoticable.


Not on Sundays, when I last used the NLL... about 10 mins late one way
and cancelled the other way.

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