London Transport (uk.transport.london) Discussion of all forms of transport in London.

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #34   Report Post  
Old July 4th 06, 11:06 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity at LondonBanter: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,158
Default Tube could close in future heatwaves

Neil Williams wrote:
Edward Cowling London UK wrote:

The stress of not being able to get home will far outweigh the stress of
being a bit hot, so get Ken off his latest hobby horse and leave the
Underground running.


Indeed.

I could go on about the new improved London Transport that Ken promised
us would be bought with the congestion charge money, but I think he's
spent it all on community policing and the damn Olympics.


A lot of it's gone on the bus network, to pretty good effect. The
trouble is it was a little too successful, in that it did redirect
people onto public transport, which means his income dropped. That
lead to the price rise and the "make it easier to pay" stuff to
encourage a few more people to drive and up the income again!


Talking of buses and heatwaves, I noticed on a 14 yesterday that a new
air cooling unit had been installed above the stairs on the top deck -
and very welcome it was too.


--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Future Tube Map Basil Jet[_4_] London Transport 2 May 31st 15 08:32 AM
Future Tube Map Basil Jet[_4_] London Transport 4 February 2nd 15 12:09 PM
Tube Lines Could Be Sponsored To Reduce Fares Paul London Transport 60 July 11th 13 09:38 AM
Tube Plan To Axe 1,500 Jobs And Close All But 30 Ticket Offices Paul London Transport 25 October 29th 11 12:58 PM
Plans to close Wembley Park tube ticket station burkey[_2_] London Transport 6 March 25th 10 07:39 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 06:48 AM.

Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 London Banter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about London Transport"

 

Copyright © 2017