On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:54:33 +0100 Clive D. W. Feather clive@on-the-
train.demon.co.uk said...

If you shut the line for a long weekend (say Thursday lunchtime to
Tuesday morning) you can get that same 100 hours in one long run. Which
is better? Yes, it's more disruptive, but it's far more productive.

Fine except the possessions would be weeks long not just a long weekend
as you've stated. About 2 or 3 summers ago the Victoria Line was closed
between Victoria & Brixton for about 3 weeks. We're talking here of about
500 *continuous* hours to replace at the most a couple of miles of track
and a few sets of points. Does it really take that long?

Before LUL and their contractors can be given the opportunity to shut
lengths of line for prolonged periods I think they need to convince their
customers that the vast amounts of time is going to be used productively.

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Phil Richards
London, N4