I go in to Westfield shopping centre for 25mins to pick
up a gift and immediately return to Stratford station and tap back in
but am confronted with two problems of which are (1 I missed a direct
service to Tottenham Hale and the next isn't for an hour and 2) the
London Overground is suspended because of long term power supply
problems since 12:00 midday so I can't travel via Highbury & Islington
and the Victoria Line. So to the only alternative route to return to
Walthamstow Central is to go in via Liverpool Street and Zone 1.

You could also have used bus 69 and avoided any changes.

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jhk

As a local resident, I think I know why the OP did not consider that option! Leyton High Road has been sabotaged and the journey takes forever.

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.

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.

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

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Colin Rosenstiel

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 ;-)
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Roland Perry

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

The link would definitely be used a great deal. There's nothing wrong with your suggestion - but it wasn't done!

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.

In message , at 16:17:03 on
Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Bruce remarked:
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.

Ask again after the Olympics.

I see increasing panic about the transport arrangements. For example the
wifi announcement today which was hilariously conflated with talk of
travel "hotspots" where they think there's going to be half-hour queues
to get on a train, even if they can get spectators to stagger their
journeys. (And make regular travellers stay at home, of course).
--
Roland Perry