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Paul G wrote: In message .com, "These problems will be solved by the new signalling system to be installed on the Northern line. The systems take time to design, manufacture and install, but should be in place by 2011." Four more years to cure a simple problem, of their own making! How difficult can it be to connect the indicators to the signals? Still, as we only pay £1,328 a year for the privilege, who are we to complain? Do you wish to pay more than the £1,328 you already do so that TfL has the cash to deal with these non urgent matters? I used to get the northern line into college in the 80s just after the indictators had been installed. And they didn't work even then then brand new. Theres non urgent and theres we-dont-give-a-****. B2003 |
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"Boltar" typed
I used to get the northern line into college in the 80s just after the indictators had been installed. And they didn't work even then then brand new. Theres non urgent and theres we-dont-give-a-****. The light box indicators were more useful in the '70s... -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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Do you wish to pay more than the £1,328 you already do so that TfL has the cash to deal with these non urgent matters? SNIP UK.TRANSPORT.LONDON is a great group, very helpful, very knowledgeable. Sadly sometimes they can be completely unhelpful and smug. That reply fell into that category. LUL, Metronet, etc etc make a huge profit, perhaps they could spend a small amount of it actually doing something that will help the passengers and improve customer satisfaction (since we are now customers). Who is to say that commissioning artwork for Gloucester Road platforms, or a big wire elephant for Waterloo, is a better way of spending money than on a display system that tells customers how long to wait for their bloody train? 2011, eh? I wonder what all the electricity would cost between now and 2011 for all those useless dot matrix displays that are always switched on? Since they don't give any information, may as well switch them off until then and then, shock horror, they could pass the savings onto the "customers" and make the season tickets a tad cheaper! If a shop carried on in that way, no one would use it. But they know they've got us by the short and curlies. I do a lot of travel overseas, in much poorer economies, and the information on traintimes is much better, clearer, etc. Yes, the naysayers here will say "oh but London Underground is so old, it's not a modern system like in other countries...." Fiddlesticks. That may be the argument (apparently) for not running the tubes later into the night or all night even, but no reason why we have to have sub-standard displays. For ****'s sake, if it's a question of orange, paint the buggers orange and get them sponsored by Easyjet or something. There's always a way. But to send "customers" unhelpful letters such as the one Peter got really sums it all up, to be honest. |
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"Boltar" wrote in news:1169220200.712897.143850
@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: Paul G wrote: In message .com, "These problems will be solved by the new signalling system to be installed on the Northern line. The systems take time to design, manufacture and install, but should be in place by 2011." Four more years to cure a simple problem, of their own making! How difficult can it be to connect the indicators to the signals? Still, as we only pay £1,328 a year for the privilege, who are we to complain? Do you wish to pay more than the £1,328 you already do so that TfL has the cash to deal with these non urgent matters? I used to get the northern line into college in the 80s just after the indictators had been installed. And they didn't work even then then brand new. Theres non urgent and theres we-dont-give-a-****. Well said! |
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Tristán White wrote:
(snip) LUL, Metronet, etc etc make a huge profit, perhaps they could spend a small amount of it actually doing something that will help the passengers and improve customer satisfaction (since we are now customers). (snip) LUL does not "make a huge profit", quite the contrary in fact - London Underground is subsidised by the state. |
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Maybe someone at TfL reads this group! For the last two mornings the
indicator at Totteridge has been switched off. |
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peter wrote:
Maybe someone at TfL reads this group! For the last two mornings the indicator at Totteridge has been switched off. Several people do, but you are more likely to get an explanation if you send it to TfL directly: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/contact_home.shtml -- Michael Hoffman |
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