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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
IMHO - NO!!
Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance. None of the traincos. ran a Saturday service. None put on extra coaching stock. Many thousands were left on platforms unable to board the cattle trains they needed to get to London. The aggressive police and 'crowd control' stewards hadn't a clue how to treat people, incl. kids, the elderly, the infirm, wheelchair users, etc., herding everyone around like sheep regardless. Its going to be fun to see all of the Railcos screw up during the Olympics. CJB. |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:22:21 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote: IMHO - NO!! Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance. None of the traincos. ran a Saturday service. None put on extra coaching stock. Many thousands were left on platforms unable to board the cattle trains they needed to get to London. I thought the problems were mainly on the Sunday, when they ran only a normal or slightly enhanced Sunday service for what turned out to be much larger crowds than they expected. From what I heard, trains worked OK on the other days. |
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As I understand it, people buy Olympic tickets for a three hour period which presumably means that every three hours or so there will be a major surge in passengers. If that is correct, will the ticket barriers at Stratford be sufficient to "process" the resulting hordes or will there be massive congestion? It is not of course only the train companies who need to perform well. There is also London Underground. This afternoon, just to provide a little encouragement for the faint hearted, the Central Line was suspended between Liverpool Street and Leytonstone because of a burst main at Mile End. If the Central Line stops at the wrong moment during the Olympics, there will be total chaos. |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
In message , at 17:15:06 on Wed, 6
Jun 2012, Robin9 remarked: A crucial question is whether Stratford Station will be able to cope. As I understand it, people buy Olympic tickets for a three hour period Known in the business as "morning", "afternoon" and "evening". which presumably means that every three hours or so there will be a major surge in passengers. If that is correct, will the ticket barriers at Stratford be sufficient to "process" the resulting hordes or will there be massive congestion? There isn't just one pinch point (at the barriers), spectators first have to exit the particular event, then exit the Olympic Park, then filter through the Westfield environs to either the International or Domestic stations (which are some way apart). That should string out the queues, so you don't have everyone in a single scrum. What'll be interesting to discover is how they segregate the passengers according to their destinations, and presumably won't want the DLR link from International to Domestic being saturated by short-hop people, rather than those genuinely headed for docklands and beyond on DLR. -- Roland Perry |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
On Jun 6, 1:36*pm, Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:22:21 -0700 (PDT), CJB wrote: IMHO - NO!! Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance. None of the traincos. ran a Saturday service. None put on extra coaching stock. Many thousands were left on platforms unable to board the cattle trains they needed to get to London. I thought the problems were mainly on the Sunday, when they ran only a normal or slightly enhanced Sunday service for what turned out to be much larger crowds than they expected. From what I heard, trains worked OK on the other days. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...tration-861150 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012...n_1565838.html etc. |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
On Jun 6, 1:36*pm, Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:22:21 -0700 (PDT), CJB wrote: IMHO - NO!! Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance. None of the traincos. ran a Saturday service. None put on extra coaching stock. Many thousands were left on platforms unable to board the cattle trains they needed to get to London. I thought the problems were mainly on the Sunday, when they ran only a normal or slightly enhanced Sunday service for what turned out to be much larger crowds than they expected. From what I heard, trains worked OK on the other days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18313891 Diamond Jubilee passengers left on railway platforms Many of the trains to London were full Dozens of passengers trying to reach London on Chiltern rail services were left on platforms as trains to the capital were full. The first Marylebone service to leave Birmingham was full at Moor Street station, according to passengers. Many more trying to get on at Dorridge, Warwick and Banbury were left behind to wait for later trains. CJB. |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 08:51:12 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote: On Jun 6, 1:36*pm, Recliner wrote: On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:22:21 -0700 (PDT), CJB wrote: IMHO - NO!! Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance. None of the traincos. ran a Saturday service. None put on extra coaching stock. Many thousands were left on platforms unable to board the cattle trains they needed to get to London. I thought the problems were mainly on the Sunday, when they ran only a normal or slightly enhanced Sunday service for what turned out to be much larger crowds than they expected. From what I heard, trains worked OK on the other days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18313891 Diamond Jubilee passengers left on railway platforms Many of the trains to London were full Dozens of passengers trying to reach London on Chiltern rail services were left on platforms as trains to the capital were full. The first Marylebone service to leave Birmingham was full at Moor Street station, according to passengers. Many more trying to get on at Dorridge, Warwick and Banbury were left behind to wait for later trains. Yes, as I said, the problems were on the Sunday, when they didn't boost services to at least Saturday levels. This won't be an issue for the Olympics, when services will be running at max capacity. |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
In message , at 22:07:26 on
Wed, 6 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked: Yes, as I said, the problems were on the Sunday, when they didn't boost services to at least Saturday levels. This won't be an issue for the Olympics, when services will be running at max capacity. Is National Rail running a M-F service all weekend during the Olympics (plus the extra "get you home" trains of course)? -- Roland Perry |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
On 06/06/2012 13:36, Recliner wrote: On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:22:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote: IMHO - NO!! Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance. None of the traincos. ran a Saturday service. None put on extra coaching stock. Many thousands were left on platforms unable to board the cattle trains they needed to get to London. I thought the problems were mainly on the Sunday, when they ran only a normal or slightly enhanced Sunday service for what turned out to be much larger crowds than they expected. From what I heard, trains worked OK on the other days. I think Southeastern at least were running longer trains on Sunday. I read a suggestion that public interest in the Thames Pageant event had perhaps been rather underestimated by some (perhaps including TOC planners). Anyway, even if public transport performs reasonably well during the Olympic Games, I'm sure it'll be a complete shambles according to CJB's expert assessments... |
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Can the Railways Cope with the Olympic Crowds?
On Jun 6, 6:01*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 06/06/2012 13:36, Recliner wrote: On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:22:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote: IMHO - NO!! Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance. None of the traincos. ran a Saturday service. None put on extra coaching stock. Many thousands were left on platforms unable to board the cattle trains they needed to get to London. I thought the problems were mainly on the Sunday, when they ran only a normal or slightly enhanced Sunday service for what turned out to be much larger crowds than they expected. From what I heard, trains worked OK on the other days. I think Southeastern at least were running longer trains on Sunday. I read a suggestion that public interest in the Thames Pageant event had perhaps been rather underestimated by some (perhaps including TOC planners). Anyway, even if public transport performs reasonably well during the Olympic Games, I'm sure it'll be a complete shambles according to CJB's expert assessments... There did seem to be a huge lack of planning, especially over the Sunday. The stewards were offensive, probably due to being forced to sleep on the streets and then having to work 14 hours without being allowed to go to the toilet, all this for sod all money. Why cannot we plan for this sort of thing in this country? If you think a million people are possibly going to be jammed into a very small area of London, twenty metres either side of the Thames from Battersea to the Tower, why run a Sunday service. Don't they learn form the past? I'm waiting for the headlines on July 28th, its not beyond imagination that there will be a total failure to cope the night before Neill |
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