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During the week there were still delays and failures on the tube network, the extra passenger load during the Olympics should make for some interesting! journeys when breakdowns occur then.
I would like to see the Jubilee line branch from North Greenwich to Thamesmead built.
John | 02.06.12 - 7:39 a.m. | #
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and it's going to break down, you just know it. another train will fail, the new signalling system will cock up, or there will be a power failure or "signal fault" (the TfL generic lie for all manner of issues) and a train squashed full of 800 people going to the games will be in a hot train or 2 hours with the Evening Standard just lapping it up. Howard Collins must be having sleepness nights already.
How about a sweepstake DG on what day during the Olympics/Paralympics the Jubilee fails, DG?
Geofftech | Homepage | 02.06.12 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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I count:
The Jubilee
Tubes
The Olympics
The Tube Map
The Dangleway
Had a nice walk in the country crept in, I think this might have covered all of DG's favourite themes in 1 concise post. Is this some kind of record?
Will | 02.06.12 - 8:08 a.m. | #
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TfL had better not try and shoehorn a symbol for Virgin Media wi-fi onto this month's new tube map, they'd really better not...
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.06.12 - 10:01 a.m. | #
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@ John - despite passive provision for a junction at North Greenwich when the JLE was built, any chance of a Thamesmead branch went up in smoke with the decision to take Crossrail to Abbey Wood...
THC | 02.06.12 - 10:44 a.m. | #
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Given the sort of service a lot of Virgin Media customers have complained about, it wouldn't surprise me if the wifi failed. Free wifi is a good idea in theory, but they could at least have chosen a better ISP.
Karen | Homepage | 02.06.12 - 10:53 a.m. | #
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Any chance of a Jubilee branch to Thamesmead went up in smoke, when it became clear about the number of commuters from Stratford to Canary Wharf.
Rational Plan | 02.06.12 - 11:07 a.m. | #
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Note how all the TFL and Go-Ahead branding are being removed from D8 buses so these can be used for Games transport (First Group are the official supplier so only their logo is alloweed on any buses or coaches).
Kim | 02.06.12 - 4:54 p.m. | #
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It's not mechanical failure, but the number of bomb alerts that could make travel unbearable.
Pie Man | 02.06.12 - 7:32 p.m. | #
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The Wembley highlight on the tube line map is also on the Metropolitan line maps...
...you want a diagram? Sure ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/0causton0/7291060768/
Daniel | 02.06.12 - 10:02 p.m. | #
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They are going renaming crazy. I saw something about them wanting to rename Big Ben as Elizabeth tower ? are they serious?
Jon Allen | 03.06.12 - 4:43 p.m. | #
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It's not a lie Geofftech, we really do just have a huge number of signal failures. That's because signalling systems are complex, can fail in a lot of different ways, and because our signals in particular are used thousands of times per day so unfortunately we will get failures at some point, despite all the preventative maintenance that is done to try to stop that from happening.
Love the conspiracy theories surrounding this though. As ever, the truth is a lot more mundane.
Chris | 04.06.12 - 7:22 a.m. | #
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And presumably this oh-so-reliable signalling system is of the same sort they intend to use to automate all the trains...?
martin | 04.06.12 - 9:19 a.m. | #
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Martin: to be fair, it works well on the DLR - you don't hear of it failing too often and it copes well with some pretty heavy loads of people at times :)
Daniel | 05.06.12 - 3:19 a.m. | #
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Wow, the Elizabeth Line fawning wasn't too ludicrous to become a reality.
Adam | 07.03.19 - 7:11 p.m. | #
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