Boltar wrote:

Would there be any point in a new east-west tube line? Does the
central line need relieving much?

Hell yes. Go to Bank* station on a weekday at 5pm and see how many
trains you have to wait for before you get to crush yourself onto one.
It's not exactly quiet off peak either. And the Central Line's recently
modernised, which added capacity.

Really, this is silly. It's my view that CrossRail is needed. It's very
expensive, but very important. The government need to decide if it's
going to happen or not and then either do it properly or forget about
it. London does not need or deserve a fudge and if that's what happens -
1506 said it - they'll regret it.

Philip.

* The Northern Line's just as bad, if not worse. The Thameslink upgrade
many help here.

Philip Hardy wrote:
Boltar wrote:

Would there be any point in a new east-west tube line? Does the
central line need relieving much?

Hell yes. Go to Bank* station on a weekday at 5pm and see how many
trains you have to wait for before you get to crush yourself onto one.
It's not exactly quiet off peak either. And the Central Line's
recently modernised, which added capacity.

Most tube lines at 5pm on a weekday in the city have trains that you have
to squeeze in to. It's part of the fun of commuting in London. Well, fun
if you are pressed up closely to some nice woman, but not as nice on a hot
day if you've some fat sweaty herbert holding a ceiling strap in front of
your face!!!

Really, this is silly. It's my view that CrossRail is needed. It's
very expensive, but very important. The government need to decide if
it's going to happen or not and then either do it properly or forget
about it. London does not need or deserve a fudge and if that's what
happens - 1506 said it - they'll regret it.

CrossRail has been needed for years. But the Government fudges rail
projects in the main in favour of road expansion.

On Oct 1, 1:02*pm, "Stephen O'Connell" wrote:
Hell yes. Go to Bank* station on a weekday at 5pm and see how many
trains you have to wait for before you get to crush yourself onto one.
It's not exactly quiet off peak either. And the Central Line's
recently modernised, which added capacity.

Most tube lines at 5pm on a weekday in the city have trains that you have
to squeeze in to. It's part of the fun of commuting in London. Well, fun
if you are pressed up closely to some nice woman, but not as nice on a hot
day if you've some fat sweaty herbert holding a ceiling strap in front of
your face!!!

The difference is that on most lines, there are actually trains that
it's possible to squeeze into (this said as a seasoned Victoria Line
pro not some kind of effete non-Londoner). On the Central at Bank at 5
(or at Bethnal Green at 8:30), there physically aren't.

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

"Stephen O'Connell" wrote in message
...

Most tube lines at 5pm on a weekday in the city have trains that you have
to squeeze in to. It's part of the fun of commuting in London. Well, fun
if you are pressed up closely to some nice woman, but not as nice on a hot
day if you've some fat sweaty herbert holding a ceiling strap in front of
your face!!!

Or worse still, some arrogant f**fer wh can't wait for the next train so you
have his groin presses into you arse.

CrossRail has been needed for years. But the Government fudges rail
projects in the main in favour of road expansion.


And what road building schemes have Nu Labour invested in in the last 11
years while they have done nothing on Cross Rail and come to that the Tories
before didn't engage in any massive road building programmes so in all that
is a red herring.

Zen83237 wrote:
"Stephen O'Connell" wrote in message
...

Most tube lines at 5pm on a weekday in the city have trains that you
have to squeeze in to. It's part of the fun of commuting in London.
Well, fun if you are pressed up closely to some nice woman, but not
as nice on a hot day if you've some fat sweaty herbert holding a
ceiling strap in front of your face!!!

Or worse still, some arrogant f**fer wh can't wait for the next train
so you have his groin presses into you arse.

Yeah but those people do that deliberately!

On 3 Oct, 19:03, "Zen83237" wrote:
Most tube lines at 5pm on a weekday in the city have trains that you have
to squeeze in to. It's part of the fun of commuting in London. Well, fun
if you are pressed up closely to some nice woman, but not as nice on a hot
day if you've some fat sweaty herbert holding a ceiling strap in front of
your face!!!

Or worse still, some arrogant f**fer wh can't wait for the next train so you
have his groin presses into you arse.

********. If he's physically capable of getting on the train, then
he's doing the right thing by doing so; if you don't like it then you
should move to the countryside or travel at a time where your delicate
sensibilities are less offended.

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:53:18 +0100, John B wrote
On 3 Oct, 19:03, "Zen83237" wrote:
Most tube lines at 5pm on a weekday in the city have trains that you have
to squeeze in to. It's part of the fun of commuting in London. Well, fun
if you are pressed up closely to some nice woman, but not as nice on a hot
day if you've some fat sweaty herbert holding a ceiling strap in front of
your face!!!

Or worse still, some arrogant f**fer wh can't wait for the next train so you
have his groin presses into you arse.

********. If he's physically capable of getting on the train, then
he's doing the right thing by doing so; if you don't like it then you
should move to the countryside or travel at a time where your delicate
sensibilities are less offended.

'delicate sensibilities' are perhaps what used to be known as 'polite,
civilised behaviour'

On Oct 4, 11:53 am, John B wrote:
On 3 Oct, 19:03, "Zen83237" wrote:

Most tube lines at 5pm on a weekday in the city have trains that you have
to squeeze in to. It's part of the fun of commuting in London. Well, fun
if you are pressed up closely to some nice woman, but not as nice on a hot
day if you've some fat sweaty herbert holding a ceiling strap in front of
your face!!!

Or worse still, some arrogant f**fer wh can't wait for the next train so you
have his groin presses into you arse.

********. If he's physically capable of getting on the train, then
he's doing the right thing by doing so; if you don't like it then you
should move to the countryside or travel at a time where your delicate
sensibilities are less offended.

Physically getting on the train in those situations usually involves
shoving hard on the people already in there. You think thats ok?

I've been in that situation a few times where I'm already halfway out
of the door and some bugger tries to push me in. If they do manage to
get in I make damn sure its the most uncomfortable journey they've
ever had by flattening them against the door.

B2003

"Zen83237" writes:

Or worse still, some arrogant f**fer wh can't wait for the next train so you
have his groin presses into you arse.

I have been in such a situation and did wait for the next train, but
that was just as crowded as was the one after that. I was not prepared
to wait any longer, so pushed my way onto the third train along with
everyone else.