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Londoncityslicker · September 22nd 06, 02:07 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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Hi,

Last night I was travelling southbound on the Victoria line when the
driver informed us that there were "delays on the Waterloo & City line
caused by, I'm told, a lack of available trains. I'm not sure how this
has happened as there's four down there and there's no track for them
to get out".

I'm assuming the reliability of the trains has not been optimal? :-)

Luke
### There are FIVE trains down the drain. (no pun intended!) The intention
being to increase the service with the fifth train, but as this requires
100% availibility don't hold your breath that this will happen every
day/week/ever!

I'm a daily user of the line.
And it's a joke that they can't get this line right.
Surely it's the simplest line. Two station. five trains. Backwards and
forwards all day.
How on earth will they upgrade a whole line.

The improvments obviously haven't worked.
New signalling not always working. Trains not always working.

The refurbished carriages are fine but they weren't too bad anyway.
The addition of CCTV of course is welcome but on a small line with
mostly high flyers using the service. I can't see crime being a huge
issue on the W&C.

Bank Station has had a little revamp. A bit brighter. Waterloo doesn;t
seemed to have changed much. You would have thought they would fully
refurbish and modernise the stations. Bloomberg boards or Reuters
tickers would be a great idea for instance.

They really missed the opportunity to really improve the stations.