Tube Strikes

Tobeman · 23-08-2007, 03:13 PM

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/union...154940,00.html

Bah. Thats royally screwed me over!

Discuss.

unreal · 23-08-2007, 05:35 PM

Yay, Bus time!

Barrichello · 24-08-2007, 06:35 AM

meh - just don't do tube in town personally. Train to mainline station and walking ftw

Tobeman · 24-08-2007, 08:12 AM

I don't really fancy a 45min walk from Kings Cross to the West End! I walk to the station "at home" as it is. Long enough for me.

Didn't realise there were three stikes planned either

tiggerai · 24-08-2007, 08:16 AM

I'm gonna have to work out how to use the buses to get from London Bridge to Euston... oh joy.

I can't walk that, I'd be walking all night.

noTHINGface · 24-08-2007, 08:46 AM

Hmmm, not good news that... One thing I hate more than the tube is the bus

<oh, and the gallows>

iranu · 24-08-2007, 05:34 PM

Get one of these, carry it on the train, then use it to get to your destination

Rave · 24-08-2007, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by tiggerai

I'm gonna have to work out how to use the buses to get from London Bridge to Euston... oh joy.

I can't walk that, I'd be walking all night.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

The Journey Planner reckons it'll be easy enough. If you can get off at Waterloo/Waterloo East instead of London Bridge there are a number of buses that go directly to Euston.

Barrichello · 24-08-2007, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Tobeman

I don't really fancy a 45min walk from Kings Cross to the West End! I walk to the station "at home" as it is. Long enough for me.

Didn't realise there were three stikes planned either

ouch yeah KC to west end not the easiest is it - bus or taxi time then

Just count myself lucky that I don't have to use the tube ever despite living in London Zone3 - 2 years of commuting 22 stops on the northern line destroyed my will to to ever step foot on a tube again

moogle · 24-08-2007, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by unreal

Yay, Bus time!

bike time!

just have to get it fixed...

Tobeman · 03-09-2007, 11:59 AM

D-Day, pandemonium ensues.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6974841.stm

METRONET: We continue to work to avert the strike. If the strike goes ahead, it will affect services from this afternoon's peak period. Services will not return to normal until Friday morning. The Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines are scheduled to run as normal. We anticipate that they will be very crowded. No other lines are likely to be running. If possible, please complete your journey by 1700 this evening or use alternative routes including DLR, National Rail and bus services.

Please check for further updates during the course of the day.

Message received 10:17am.

Tobeman happy - doesn't have to do his presentation at work as he kindly decided to postpone for everyone else's benefit. The fact I'd done nothing towards it yet has nothing to do with it

tiggerai · 03-09-2007, 12:00 PM

I've phoned ahead to the chiropractor for tonights appoinment, warning them that I may not make it.

The next couple of days will get interesting...

med2003 · 03-09-2007, 12:02 PM

www.tfl.gov.uk is currently reporting that the Piccadilly, Jubilee and Northern lines should run as normal ,but will be crowded.

Mithrandir · 03-09-2007, 12:21 PM

RMT screwing us over again. Why does it happen 3-4 times a year? Those clowns really don't know how to sort things out (once and for all).
Messed up my evening at the mo.

Brucelles · 03-09-2007, 12:41 PM

Move to Paris for a few months, especially during the summer, then this will all seem pretty relaxed.

Mithrandir · 03-09-2007, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Brucelles

Move to Paris for a few months, especially during the summer, then this will all seem pretty relaxed.

lol.. is it really that bad there?
I would have thought anywhere is better.
Anyhow, they might still resolve the deal

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