On Mon, 15 May 2006, Dave Arquati wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 14 May 2006, Paul Weaver wrote:

Edward Cowling wrote

Just about every night last week the Hammersmith & ****ty line was
either delayed or not running at all.

Does anyone ever use this line (aside from the trackshare bits)? I've
always found it faster to use the District/Picc/Central. The lack of
time indicators at stations West of Paddington (inclusive) doesn't
help either. Be nice if, on Paddington station, they had a sign in the
main concourse saying "next H&C train 12 minutes"

A couple of colleagues use it regularly; both work at UCL, which is
hard by Euston Square station, and live near either Royal Oak or
Shepherd's Bush (i think - somewhere out west, anyway). The one who
lives in Shepherd's Bush could get the Central line, but it would
involve a walk or a change, so usually doesn't.

I find using the Central & Victoria lines to get from Shepherd's Bush to
UCL (via Warren St) vastly superior to the H&C - even with the
reasonably lengthy change at Oxford Circus, the C&V route is quicker,
more frequent and more reliable.

Blimey. A trip involving a rush-hour change at Oxford Circus is better? I
had no idea the H&C was *that* bad. I'll mention it - although the
colleague in question is just starting a new job near Old Street, and is
considering moving too!

tom

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