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Bus Replacement Service for District/Piccadilly Eng. Work.
I thought this report deserved greater exposu
Picc train from Heathrow arrives Acton EB, -lug cases upstairs to 'waiting' bus -try to get cases on 'high floor' buses being used (hopefully remaining downstairs)-bus then runs Acton-Hammersmith ALL stations, -CHANGE buses in Hammersmith bus station! (cases off 1st bus, onto 2nd bus)-2nd route running via West Kensington to WEST BROMPTON! not even the station, but the yard in front of Lillie Bridge Depot- the station can't even be seen from there!-Get cases off 2nd bus, walk across reasonably busy road into West Brompton station-down more stairs to EB platform -then hopefully the 1st train is going to a destination you require! or, as still no Picc at Sth Ken, it's ALL CHANGE again somewhere else!! Imagine the reaction of tourists taking this unfamiliar route on these days?! |
Bus Replacement Service for District/Piccadilly Eng. Work.
wrote in message ups.com... I thought this report deserved greater exposu Picc train from Heathrow arrives Acton EB, -lug cases upstairs to 'waiting' bus -try to get cases on 'high floor' buses being used (hopefully remaining downstairs)-bus then runs Acton-Hammersmith ALL stations, -CHANGE buses in Hammersmith bus station! (cases off 1st bus, onto 2nd bus)-2nd route running via West Kensington to WEST BROMPTON! not even the station, but the yard in front of Lillie Bridge Depot- the station can't even be seen from there!-Get cases off 2nd bus, walk across reasonably busy road into West Brompton station-down more stairs to EB platform -then hopefully the 1st train is going to a destination you require! or, as still no Picc at Sth Ken, it's ALL CHANGE again somewhere else!! Imagine the reaction of tourists taking this unfamiliar route on these days?! The bus services weren't using Hammersmith bus station on Saturday. The Acton Town service was terminating outside the met station whilst the West Brompton one was starting from Hammersmith Road just to the east of the bus station entrance. |
Bus Replacement Service for District/Piccadilly Eng. Work.
wrote in message ups.com... I thought this report deserved greater exposu Picc train from Heathrow arrives Acton EB, -lug cases upstairs to 'waiting' bus -try to get cases on 'high floor' buses being used (hopefully remaining downstairs)-bus then runs Acton-Hammersmith ALL stations, -CHANGE buses in Hammersmith bus station! (cases off 1st bus, onto 2nd bus)-2nd route running via West Kensington to WEST BROMPTON! not even the station, but the yard in front of Lillie Bridge Depot- the station can't even be seen from there!-Get cases off 2nd bus, walk across reasonably busy road into West Brompton station-down more stairs to EB platform -then hopefully the 1st train is going to a destination you require! or, as still no Picc at Sth Ken, it's ALL CHANGE again somewhere else!! Imagine the reaction of tourists taking this unfamiliar route on these days?! The replacement buses are intended for local journeys not for passengers travelling from Central London to Heathrow. Anyone going to Heathrow would be much better advised to take the Heathrow Express from Paddington on which Travelcards are valid while the engineering work goes on. Peter Smyth |
Bus Replacement Service for District/Piccadilly Eng. Work.
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Bus Replacement Service for District/Piccadilly Eng. Work.
Mizter T wrote:
asdf wrote: On 9 Sep 2005 10:23:20 -0700, wrote: I thought this report deserved greater exposu Picc train from Heathrow arrives Acton EB, -lug cases upstairs to 'waiting' bus -try to get cases on 'high floor' buses being used (hopefully remaining downstairs)-bus then runs Acton-Hammersmith ALL stations, -CHANGE buses in Hammersmith bus station! (cases off 1st bus, onto 2nd bus)-2nd route running via West Kensington to WEST BROMPTON! not even the station, but the yard in front of Lillie Bridge Depot- the station can't even be seen from there!-Get cases off 2nd bus, walk across reasonably busy road into West Brompton station-down more stairs to EB platform -then hopefully the 1st train is going to a destination you require! or, as still no Picc at Sth Ken, it's ALL CHANGE again somewhere else!! Imagine the reaction of tourists taking this unfamiliar route on these days?! The replacement buses were only supposed to be for local journeys. People travelling from Heathrow to Central London or beyond were advised to use Heathrow Express or Connect as first choice, or the Tube via Acton Town and Ealing Broadway as an alternative. Having said that, after seeing the LARGE number of people waiting for replacement buses and westbound District at Acton Town late on Sunday evening, many with heavy luggage, I suspect that TfL may have been prevented by agreement from advertising the Travelcard validity on Heathrow Express/Connect at Heathrow, to prevent HEx from losing revenue from all their "usual" passengers buying Travelcards instead of full-price tickets. TfL have printed two seperate leaflets regarding these travel changes, one details the local journey options, the other tells passengers of their options for getting to Heathrow. Perhaps they should've combined the information into one leaflet. Maybe they wanted to keep the advice to air travellers simple, and not confuse them with details of local journeys. But on the August weekend, they ran out of leaflets at Heathrow! However, they had several staff almost blocking the entrance to the Tube station at T123, making sure that all passengers heading for Central London were advised to buy a Travelcard and then walk round the corner to the HEx station. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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