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Hello,

Is it permitted to drink alcohol on London Buses and London Underground
stations and trains?

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Industrial wrote:
Hello,

Is it permitted to drink alcohol on London Buses and London Underground
stations and trains?


Not if you're working on/at them..
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On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:12:39 +0100, Industrial
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Hello,

Is it permitted to drink alcohol on London Buses and London Underground
stations and trains?


Yes, if you are a passenger, but I wouldn't particularly advise that you
do so. Employees or any contractor working on the TfL system must not
drink or be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

If you end up drunk or a bit ****ed then you are at more risk of falling
over, tripping, falling down stairs or an escalator. There are far too
many accidents, particularly on the tube, that are directly attributable
to alcohol.

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Paul Corfield wrote:

Yes, if you are a passenger, but I wouldn't particularly advise that you
do so.


Oh? I thought the LU bylaws technically disallowed open containers of
alcohol on LU property - I remember reading about it in a thread in
this group.

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On 8 Oct 2005 11:10:50 -0700, "TheOneKEA" wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

Yes, if you are a passenger, but I wouldn't particularly advise that you
do so.


Oh? I thought the LU bylaws technically disallowed open containers of
alcohol on LU property - I remember reading about it in a thread in
this group.


I stand corrected then. Having looked at the LU site this would appear
to be the appropriate link

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/company/bylaws.asp

What is a more interesting point is the extent of enforcement because
the implication is that no one who is intoxicated may use LU. If that
was enforced we would hardly have anyone travelling on the last trains
each evening.

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On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 11:21:30 +0100, Paul Corfield
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On 8 Oct 2005 11:10:50 -0700, "TheOneKEA" wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

Yes, if you are a passenger, but I wouldn't particularly advise that you
do so.


Oh? I thought the LU bylaws technically disallowed open containers of
alcohol on LU property - I remember reading about it in a thread in
this group.


I stand corrected then. Having looked at the LU site this would appear
to be the appropriate link

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/company/bylaws.asp

What is a more interesting point is the extent of enforcement because
the implication is that no one who is intoxicated may use LU. If that
was enforced we would hardly have anyone travelling on the last trains
each evening.


We've had at least one Station Assistant state in this group that the
standard used to enforce this particular bylaw is "if you're sober
enough to work the ticket gate, you're sober enough to travel".

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(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On 8 Oct 2005 11:10:50 -0700, "TheOneKEA" wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

Yes, if you are a passenger, but I wouldn't particularly advise that
you do so.


Oh? I thought the LU bylaws technically disallowed open containers of
alcohol on LU property - I remember reading about it in a thread in
this group.


I stand corrected then. Having looked at the LU site this would appear
to be the appropriate link

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/company/bylaws.asp

What is a more interesting point is the extent of enforcement because
the implication is that no one who is intoxicated may use LU. If that
was enforced we would hardly have anyone travelling on the last trains
each evening.


Presumably for the purposes of the byelaw "intoxicated" must mean pretty
close to drunk and disorderly.

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On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 11:21:30 +0100, Paul Corfield
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What is a more interesting point is the extent of enforcement because
the implication is that no one who is intoxicated may use LU. If that
was enforced we would hardly have anyone travelling on the last trains
each evening.



Most pubs would be pretty quiet at last orders too!
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On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 11:21:30 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote in :

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/company/bylaws.asp


What is a more interesting point is the extent of enforcement because
the implication is that no one who is intoxicated may use LU. If that
was enforced we would hardly have anyone travelling on the last trains
each evening.


Would _you_ like to be the one to tell someone like Windy that
she couldn't use the Tube after a night out with the boys?

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Paul Corfield wrote:
I stand corrected then. Having looked at the LU site this would appear
to be the appropriate link

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/company/bylaws.asp


These bylaws apply to LU only. Do London Buses have their own similar
bylaws? Does anyone have a weblink to them?

I know TfL have Conditions of Carriage that apply to all their
services, but these relate to ticketing rather than behaviour.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tick...f-Carriage.pdf

Thanks, Dominic



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