In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
13:28:47 on Mon, 12 Mar 2012, remarked:
What the OP's lament really proves is that the Victoria Line should be
extended the two miles to Leytonstone Underground. It would make life
so much better for so many people . . . . and the Olympics are coming
and there is likely to be a massive shortage of public transport
capacity.

I somehow don't think any Victoria Line extension wouldn't be ready for
the Olympics!

What, not even if they started digging next week ;-)

That's Crossrail, isn't it?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Not now of course, but if the so-called experts had used their brains at the right time, the extension would already be completed. If, as the ever more frequent signs of panic from TfL indicate, there are severe problems in transporting so many people to the Stratford area during the Olympics, any major additional capacity would have been more than welcome. Obviously I hope that all goes well but if it doesn't, then I hope the expertise and judgement of those at the top of TfL and City Hall will be questioned.

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:06:33 +0000
Robin9 wrote:
Not now of course, but if the so-called experts had used their brains at
the right time, the extension would already be completed. If, as the
ever more frequent signs of panic from TfL indicate, there are severe
problems in transporting so many people to the Stratford area during the
Olympics, any major additional capacity would have been more than
welcome. Obviously I hope that all goes well but if it doesn't, then I
hope the expertise and judgement of those at the top of TfL and City
Hall will be questioned.

Instead of sending the victoria to leytonstone which is a link thats unlikely
to be used all that much , surely it would have been far better to send the
jubilee line through east london via hackney to terminate in the walthamstow
area or tottenham areas?

B2003

Robin9 wrote:
Not now of course, but if the so-called experts had used their brains at
the right time, the extension would already be completed. If, as the
ever more frequent signs of panic from TfL indicate, there are severe
problems in transporting so many people to the Stratford area during the
Olympics, any major additional capacity would have been more than
welcome.


Oh yes, it would really have been worth spending more £ billions just
to ensure that those Olympics will run smoothly for a couple of weeks.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:06:33AM +0000, Robin9 wrote:

[Olympics]
Obviously I hope that all goes well

Why?

For the amount of my money that's being spent on it, I expect to get a
little entertainment. Given that they're unlikely to do the hundred
metre dash in gigantic clown shoes, the only hope we have is that it's a
gigantic cluster****.

--
David Cantrell | A machine for turning tea into grumpiness

In this episode, R2 and Luke weld the doors shut on their X-Wing,
and Chewbacca discovers that his Ewok girlfriend is really just a
Womble with its nose chopped off.

In article ,
Robin9 wrote:
What the OP's lament really proves is that the Victoria Line should be
extended the two miles to Leytonstone Underground. It would make life so
much better for so many people . . . . and the Olympics are coming and
there is likely to be a massive shortage of public transport capacity.

Reinstating Hall Farm Curve would be cheaper, and likewise improve
the transport links in the area.


--
Mike Bristow

I'm not a train spotter. What or where is Hall Farm Curve and how would re-instating it improve transport links?

In article ,
Paul Corfield wrote:
Prepare to be told that you are deluded and wrong.

Par for the course.

It is much more
cost effective to extend the Victoria Line to Leytonstone with
undefined intermediate stations.

mmm.

--
Mike Bristow

wrote on 11 March 2012 01:11:13 ...
I'm at my wits end with the Oyster card at the moment, twice in two days has it charged me for incomplete journeys and I have yet to receive any of the my money I am owed back.

I'll separate the incidents in to two easy to digest reports:

Incident 1
Thursday 08/03
Time: 22:00 hrs (off peak)
[snip]
Incident 2
Saturday 10/03
Time: 20:00 hrs

The second incident was on Saturday evening. If you're at your wits end
because you have yet to receive the refund by 01:11 on Sunday morning,
you're being unreasonable. Your failure to touch out and touch in at
Liverpool Street last night doesn't exactly help your case.

I would have more sympathy if your complaint was about the unreliability
of the train services you tried to use.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

I have traveled on railway systems all across Europe using smart cards and none compare to the sheer complexity and complication to the Oyster card in London.

You just touch in and touch out.