On 11 Nov, 16:12, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:
I'm just catching up on e-mails and found this dated 11th November

QUOTE

Visitors to World Travel Market are advised that London Underground is
currently experiencing delays on the Docklands Light Rail (DLR) between Bank
Station and Shadwell Station.
Travellers coming to WTM via the Central line are advised to remain on the
train to Stratford and transfer to the Jubilee line alighting at Canning
Town and pick-up the DLR to Custom House.
All other routes to WTM are working normally.
World Travel Market apologies for any inconvenience caused by London
Underground.

UNQUOTE

2 questions.

1) I heard something very similar yesterday. * Is there any relation between
the 2 incidents?
2) WRT the actual message is it accurate in apologising for London
Underground?


Separate incidents. Yesterday was a broken down train (IME a
relatively rare occurrence on the DLR these days) at or near Royal
Albert station (on the Beckton branch, two stops west of Custom House
- the station for Excel... sorry ExCeL!). Dunno about the details of
today's problem, apart from the fact that DLR trains were not running
to/from Bank - could be another broken down train (the same one?) or
otherwise a problem at the station, e.g. a broken down escalator. The
latter is perhaps more likely given the fact that some escalators at
Bank DLR are already out of use because they are being replaced, hence
if there are any other problems then the station is closed before it
becomes unsafe.

Or... perhaps it was simply closed because it was getting far too
crowded, which is a more likely occurrence what with some of the
escalators and passageways being closed off - the extra load of WTF
attendees might have contributed to this, along with the diverted pax
would would normally be using Tower Gateway station which is currently
shut for rebuilding until spring of '09.