MaxB wrote:
"MIG" wrote in message
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MaxB wrote:
I had planned to pop up to London to see the fireworks on the Thames
tonight, and just discovered the brilliant planning which has shut down
the
main line over the river and reduced my local service to hourly.

Well done Network Rail!


Yeah, but they messed up and left loads of other routes to the Thames
open (I don't know about your local service).

Bear in mind that nearly all of the festival was on the south of the
river anyway. I do get annoyed by the timing of some closures, but in
this case I don't think that the closure of Charing Cross had any
significant effect on the accessibility of the festival.

Charing Cross to London Bridge IS south of the river (where lots of real
people live too you know).



You did specifically mention "main line over the river". It's only
Charing Cross itself you couldn't get to, and that's the other side of
the river.

London Bridge was the best station for City Hall, Hays Galleria etc.
Jubilee gets you from there to Southwark, Waterloo, Westminster.
Southwark and Waterloo give a better range of the South Bank than
Waterloo East, slightly making up for having to change.

I have no idea why there would be a reduced service to Elmstead Woods
related to the closure of Charing Cross.