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Old August 1st 07, 08:50 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Ian Jelf Ian Jelf is offline
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Default London vs New York

In message , James Farrar
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On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:06:47 -0400, David of Broadway
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But London also has a good number of stations that have strange hours.
Closed weekends.


Just Cannon Street now, is it not?

Rush hours only. Rush hours and Sunday mornings only.


Can't think of an example of either of these.

This used to apply to Shoreditch (and still does for the replacement
bus) but that's for the special reason of the Sunday Markets.

Open for exit and interchange only at certain times. Etc.


Ah, yes. Camden Town and Covent Garden - the latter mainly because
people refuse to actually look at a map and see that Covent Garden is
very close at street level to various other stations not on the
Piccadilly line, leading to almost everyone going there cramming
through the tiny station.

I don't think they actually close Coventry Garden on Saturday afternoons
any more, do they? (Checks TfL site: no they don't; the Tube Map
simply states that the station gets very busy and suggests
alternatives.) They certainly do at Camden Town on Sundays, though.
And of course at stations around Notting Hill during the Carnival and
such like.

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