Tony Naggs wrote:
On Sunday the travel was not so great. Cambridge station tried to sell
me a 'One' travelcard: "when is the next train to Liverpool Street?"
"xx:51" "That is an hour's wait, no thanks, could I have a proper
Travelcard, please, so I can catch the bus outside about to leave for
Stevenage."

At least I had seen the poster about the Cambridge to Stevenage
engineering works during the week. In London I found that the DLR was
closed between Tower/Bank and Poplar. Coming back I went via Stratford
to Liverpool Street only to find that the bus station was closed.

Just a general point, and I'm not sure if it's just me, but has anyone
else noticed the incredible amount of weekend engineering work that's
taking place these days? At Waterloo this weekend and for the next
couple of months at least loads of trains are out or on bus
substitution. My own line between London Bridge and Charlton has been
out the last three Sundays, which has happened fairly often over the
last six months. The line between Lewisham and London Bridge has also
been regularly out over the last six months.

In addition to these that I've directly observed, I keep reading posts
like the above about travellers running into engineering work not just
at one stage of a weekend journey, but at all stages.

My questions a

1. Is there a lot more engineering work going on at the weekends than
there used to be?

2. Is any work being undertaken to see how all this weekend work is
having an impact on weekend leisure travel, i.e. are people who would
otherwise have travelled by rail being put off?

3. What attempts at coordination are made to see that people don't run
into endless engineering work? I know it's impossible to suit
everyone, but again to use a local example, the change at Waterloo East
to Waterloo from SE to SW London is very common, even on weekends, so
large numbers of people are running into multiple engineering work
difficulties.

Patrick