On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:15:13 -0800 (PST)
John B wrote:
I guess they made up the fact that they did all the work at night did the=
y?

Err, no. That just shows that RATP is willing to allow engineering
works to take longer and cost more in exchange for avoiding blockades,
whereas TfL and TL view their core priority as delivering the weekday
peak-hour service and so prioritise the delivery of upgrades as

If TfL and their sub-cons did their job properly then delivering peak hour
services wouldn't be the slightest bit affected by night engineering works
which would be done when the system is closed anyway.

rapidly as possible, even when that involves shifting people onto
buses, boats and probably cars a bit at the weekend.

Yes, because obviously no one works or needs to travel into or through
london at weekends so hardly anyone is affected.

B2003