On Sep 14, 12:52*pm, "Tim Roll-Pickering" T.C.Roll-
wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:
There are huge planning and booking timescales
mandated on the Infracos so far as LUL closures are concerned. There are
also rules about avoiding too many journey opportunities being lost. The
process does include liaison with Network Rail, DLR and the TOCs to try
to ensure that viable opportunities remain for people to get about. In
addition there has to be a sanity check with the bus companies to make
sure they can resource the envisaged scale of rail replacement services..
I appreciate that it can look as if no one has bothered to talk to one
another but the opposite is usually true.

Whilst I appreciate there is co-ordination, one thing that really frustrates
passengers is the lack of information about TfL closures (and other TOCs)
when they turn up at their local station, especially when the service there
isn't running (but even when it is it can be unhelpful - I've been caught
out by Jubilee line closures where the first I've been told about them is
when I've got to the concourse at Stratford).

Really? You go out at the weekend without checking your journey on
Journey Planner?

(and yes, I know 20%ish of Londoners don't have home Internet access,
so it's not a perfect solution, but it's more than adequate for anyone
capable fo moaning about lack of provision on Usenet...)

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John Band
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