Used the tube for the first time in ages yesterday. Met to Finchley Road
fine; Jubilee platform indicators showed all trains going to Canary Wharf.
Train itself said Stratford on the internal signs. Obviously anyone wanting
to go to Stratford would have been better off changing at Bond St to the
Central, but no info given by the driver. Get off at Bond St (my
destination). Very muffled station announcement as I went up the escalator
that no Jubilee trains were going beyond Canary Wharf.

What is it about LU that makes it so unbelievably poor at communicating?

In article ,
Orienteer wrote:
E Obviously anyone wanting
to go to Stratford would have been better off changing at Bond St to the
Central, but no info given by the driver.

Not necessarily: if you have a seat on the Jubilee train, think you
won't on the central line, and aren't in a hurry, then it might be
better to sit in comfort that crowd in like a sardine.

It's not hypothetical, either: I regularly make longer journeys
than I need to because they'll be more comfy.

"Orienteer" wrote the following in:

[Jubilee terminating at Canary Wharf]

Obviously anyone wanting to go to Stratford would have been
better off changing at Bond St to the Central, but no info given
by the driver.

Err, what about changing at Canary Wharf for DLR to Stratford? Why
unecessarily increase passeneger numbers on the Central line through
the middle of London? Also, for passengers wanting North Greenwich,
Canning Town or Stratford, changing at Bond Street would be rather
pointless.

Get off at Bond St (my destination). Very muffled
station announcement as I went up the escalator that no Jubilee
trains were going beyond Canary Wharf.

What is it about LU that makes it so unbelievably poor at
communicating?

Err? You knew exactly what was going on and yet you're saying it's poor
communication simply because the train driver didn't give passengers
the rather dubious travel advice you'd have given them?

--
message by Robin May, founder of International Boyism
"Would Inspector Sands please go to the Operations Room immediately."

Unofficially immune to hangovers.

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 10:00:44 GMT, "Orienteer"
wrote:
Used the tube for the first time in ages yesterday. Met to Finchley Road
fine; Jubilee platform indicators showed all trains going to Canary Wharf.
Train itself said Stratford on the internal signs. Obviously anyone wanting
to go to Stratford would have been better off changing at Bond St to the
Central, but no info given by the driver.

a) Aren't people big enough to find their own way round the network?
b) I don't think in a similar situation I would have changed to the
Central. A ride round on the Jubilee (especially if I had a seat, as
stated by other posters) and a change to DLR would be better.

Sam
--
Sam Holloway, Cambridge
www.samholloway.co.uk

Sam Holloway wrote:
On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 10:00:44 GMT, "Orienteer"
wrote:
Used the tube for the first time in ages yesterday. Met to Finchley
Road fine; Jubilee platform indicators showed all trains going to
Canary Wharf. Train itself said Stratford on the internal signs.
Obviously anyone wanting to go to Stratford would have been better
off changing at Bond St to the Central, but no info given by the
driver.

a) Aren't people big enough to find their own way round the network?

Many aren't. I suggest you spend a moment considering why your particular
academic background (same university and courses as me, as it happens) means
that you find such a task easier than some others do.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"Richard J." wrote the following in:


Many aren't. I suggest you spend a moment considering why your
particular academic background (same university and courses as me,
as it happens) means that you find such a task easier than some
others do.

Everyone hears about Oxbridge elitism but honestly, this is ridiculous.
You do not need to go to Cambridge to understand a tube map. In fact if
you're from a poor area like Stratford you're more likely to have to
use public transport and so if anything more likely to know your way
around the system.

--
message by Robin May, founder of International Boyism
"Would Inspector Sands please go to the Operations Room immediately."

Unofficially immune to hangovers.

In message , Sam Holloway
writes
a) Aren't people big enough to find their own way round the network?

Not if your a visitor to London. Or don't use the tube that often.
Just because you know the network doesn't mean everyone else does.
Im asked questions so often about lines and how to get places when Im
travelling that Im thinking of buying a blue hat and blue shirt and
charging for the information.
--
CJG