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I pay for this ?
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:57:47 +0100, "Movilla"
wrote: "Paul Corfield" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:24:18 +0100, Edward Cowling London UK wrote: I could try to explain but I don't think that would help. It was a particularly awful morning in terms of big signal problems so I'll say sorry instead given that I work for LU. That's the first and only apology from LU (ok, you're not a spokesman but I'll accept it). Thank you. [snip tale of woe] Buses were not an option. They would have helped in part in getting you closer to where you were heading. I have only got stuck once in a number of years when trying to use my alternative routes and it is much less stressful to be able to take a firm decision to go to the stop to catch bus x to get to y. You should have seen it outside Kings Cross. Try competing with about 500 other people trying to get where they're going. No amount of planning ahead can prepare you for that. I can imagine KX was awful but I would contend that making a move quickly to make progress is still helpful. The other suggestion about walking back a stop or station to avoid the immediate crowd is also useful. For your information you could have taken a 205 to Mile End direct and then changed for a frequent bus to Canary Wharf. Alternatively a 17 bus would have taken you direct to London Bridge for the Jubilee Line. Alternatively a Thameslink train might have got you to London Bridge although I accept the peak frequency is not very good for that link. A 45 or 63 bus would take you to Southwark Station to catch the Jubilee Line. A 214 or 205 would get you to Moorgate which is but a short walk to Bank for the DLR. The 205 also serves Aldgate which is a short walk to Tower Gateway for other DLR services or else stay on to Whitechapel for the East London Line to Canada Water and then the Jubilee Line. P.S. I know the staff were under a lot of stress but I heard on various occasions people saying "well, at least they could apologise and not just shout at us". I think part of the reason for this is that passengers are resistant to obeying evacuation announcements. People don't want to head for the exit for entirely understandable reasons and they therefore try not to. It can mean the staff do need to shout to get the message across that people *have* to leave the station. If the priority is to get people to a place of safety then perhaps apologies come a little way down the immediate list of priorities. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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