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Old January 20th 07, 08:32 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Ken Ward Ken Ward is offline
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Default No online information during storms


"Neil Spellings" wrote in message
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I'd like to congratulate National Rail, Transport for London, Southern
Trains and the BBC for all failing to provide any kind of up-to-date
travel information on station closures during the storms on Thursday.


LARGE SNIP

Trumping them all was the BBC London travel website, which listed "no
current problems reports" on the railways!

With the weather taking the Southern website offline, the National Rail
enquiries phoneline ringing engaged, incorrect information on the most
common websites; commuters had woeful travel information on how to plan
their journeys.

I'm amazed that with the technology at our disposal these days not one of
these organisations with billion pound budgets could get it right.


Slightly unfair on the BBC. They do after all get their info second hand
from the TOC's.
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