On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:04:59 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

Going westbound at around 18:45, trains were blocking back from Acton
Town to Ravenscourt Park, due to leisurely crew changes on every train.
I was then told that they were running down the service and would close
about 20:00. No credible reason was given for this action, and there is
still nothing on the LU website about this at 20:03. Does anyone know
why the Piccadilly is closing early, if indeed it is?

Probably because the RMT are invoking their threatened action about not
running over Metronet tracks where there is no direct maintenance cover
and refusing to obey any LU management instruction to continue running.
I feared this would happen.

The Picc Line has one of the highest proportions of RMT drivers on the
network so it's no great surprise. If they were to run only on Tube
Lines maintained tracks that would mean Heathrow - Northfields and
Cockfosters - Hyde Park Corner only for the next three days. Even that
may be impossible because of maintenance and crewing issues as the stock
and crews would probably be imbalanced on the two isolated sections.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!