On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, brixtonite wrote:

On Feb 18, 7:16 pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 18 Feb, 15:07, " wrote:

Anyone wants to share his/her experience with the recent problems on
the Jubilee line? I just had a very bad day this morning again at the
Canning Town station. When I got there this morning, the next train
wasn't there until another 10 minutes. And of course, I could not get
on to a train until another next 2 trains as they were fully packed.
So in total, I waited for almost 18 mins on the platform! This is
really an unacceptable service.

I'm pretty sure I would have joined the heaving masses in the first
train, or maybe just waited for the second, but not beyond that. Did
you go to one end of the platform - the ends of the train are often
less packed.

Do you travel regularly in the rush hour? I used to think 'I'm sure
I'd've pushed my way on' when people told me about waiting for a few
trains go past, but having experienced it (on the Northern line at
Clapham/Stockwell/Kennington,) there's a degree of crowding where you
can push quite impolitely into the people already on board and travel
with your head in someone's armpit, and then a degree of crowding where
it is simply *not possible* to get on.

I used to go out with a girl who lived near Clapham South tube; she went
to work (by car!) pretty early by my standards, and so turfed me out in
the mornings in the height of rush hour to catch a Northern line train to
work. Thus, i've experienced this quite a bit, and it's exactly as you say
- quite unbelievable. Splitting up with her was quite a relief!

tom

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