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Author: Peter LawrencePeter Lawrence Date: Aug 19, 2008 13:43
With the forthcoming ten week bloclade of the North London line, I am
surprised that LO cannot offer a replacement bus from Wet Hampstead,
and other stations on the line, to Willesdan Jn, Instead they offer
bus to Queens Park and then train, adding another change of mode and
therefore delay.
I am further suprised that LO's timetable does not give any times for
the replacement buses. Would anyone like to guess how long West
Hampstead to Queen's Park might take?
NRE are no help; asked for St Albans to Kensington O via West
Hampstead they send me via East Croydon at nearly double the usual
fare!
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Peter Lawrence
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Author: Edward Cowling London UKEdward Cowling London UK Date: Aug 19, 2008 14:25
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>With the forthcoming ten week bloclade of the North London line,
Blockade ?! Who by ? Are those darn American colonials pouring out
tea in the harbour again :-)
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Edward Cowling "Must go - Bad attack of the Klingons !!"
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Author: Neil WilliamsNeil Williams Date: Aug 19, 2008 14:54
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:43:29 GMT, "Peter Lawrence"
idnet.com> wrote:
>With the forthcoming ten week bloclade of the North London line, I am
>surprised that LO cannot offer a replacement bus from Wet Hampstead,
>and other stations on the line, to Willesdan Jn, Instead they offer
>bus to Queens Park and then train, adding another change of mode and
>therefore delay.
Because they don't give a stuff. I directly asked their staff what
they proposed to do to avoid overcrowding on LM services resulting
from their abandonment of Euston, and "umm, nothing" was the best I
managed to get in reply. Also, posters have *only just* gone up
saying no service at Euston from 1st September.
If I thought LM were bad for the "don't give a stuff" approach, LO are
the pits.
Neil
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Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.
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Author: Charles EllsonCharles Ellson Date: Aug 19, 2008 16:18
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:43:29 GMT, "Peter Lawrence"
idnet.com> wrote:
>
>With the forthcoming ten week bloclade of the North London line, I am
>surprised that LO cannot offer a replacement bus from Wet Hampstead,
>and other stations on the line, to Willesdan Jn, Instead they offer
>bus to Queens Park and then train, adding another change of mode and
>therefore delay.
>
Get on your bike and try the road route. I can't find anything about a
closure but I suspect a better question would be something on the
lines of "Why don't they run some trains via Primrose Hill to
compensate?" (assuming the NLL isn't closed east of Camden Road).
>I am further suprised that LO's timetable does not give any times for
>the replacement buses. Would anyone like to guess how long West
>Hampstead to Queen's Park might take?
>
Even longer in the rush hour.
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Author: Richard J.Richard J. Date: Aug 19, 2008 16:41
Neil Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:43:29 GMT, "Peter Lawrence"
> idnet.com> wrote:
>>> With the forthcoming ten week bloclade of the North London line, I am
>> surprised that LO cannot offer a replacement bus from Wet Hampstead,
>> and other stations on the line, to Willesdan Jn, Instead they offer
>> bus to Queens Park and then train, adding another change of mode and
>> therefore delay.
>
> Because they don't give a stuff. I directly asked their staff what
> they proposed to do to avoid overcrowding on LM services resulting
> from their abandonment of Euston, and "umm, nothing" was the best I
> managed to get in reply. Also, posters have *only just* gone up
> saying no service at Euston from 1st September.
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Author: Charles EllsonCharles Ellson Date: Aug 19, 2008 17:14
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:41:00 GMT, "Richard J."
blueukder.co.yon> wrote:
>Neil Williams wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:43:29 GMT, "Peter Lawrence"
>> idnet.com> wrote:
>>>>> With the forthcoming ten week bloclade of the North London line, I am
>>> surprised...
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Author: Barry SalterBarry Salter Date: Aug 19, 2008 17:35
Charles Ellson wrote:
> Get on your bike and try the road route. I can't find anything about a
> closure but I suspect a better question would be something on the
> lines of "Why don't they run some trains via Primrose Hill to
> compensate?" (assuming the NLL isn't closed east of Camden Road).
Exactly like they are doing, you mean?
< http://snurl.com/3hvuq> is the relevant page on the TfL site, which has
a PDF version of the closure leaflet thereon.
Revised train timetables can be found at < http://snurl.com/3hvuz>.
The basic plan is as follows:
1st September to 16th November : No service Gospel Oak - Willesden Junction
1st September to 28th September : No service Gospel Oak - Barking
22nd September to 28th September : No service Gospel Oak - Camden Road
Train Service Summary:
No service South Hampstead - Euston on Mondays to Saturdays from 1st
September to 15th November.
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Author: Charles EllsonCharles Ellson Date: Aug 19, 2008 19:14
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:35:40 +0100, Barry Salter
nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Charles Ellson wrote:
>
>> Get on your bike and try the road route. I can't find anything about a
>> closure but I suspect a better question would be something on the
>> lines of "Why don't they run some...
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Author: asdfasdf Date: Aug 19, 2008 20:57
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:35:40 +0100, Barry Salter wrote:
>Charles Ellson wrote:
>
>> Get on your bike and try the road route. I can't find anything about a
>> closure but I suspect a better question would be something on the
>> lines of "Why don't they run some trains via Primrose Hill to
>> compensate?" (assuming the NLL isn't closed east of Camden Road).
>
>Exactly like they are doing, you mean?
It seems like a great idea, until you realise that this is the reason
there's no Euston service (because the trains are being diverted to
Stratford).
I suppose the real question is, why don't they run a Willesden Jn (LL
bay platform) to Stratford service, in addition to the Euston service,
instead of completely arbitrarily withdrawing the service to Euston?
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Author: Neil WilliamsNeil Williams Date: Aug 19, 2008 22:20
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:57:04 +0100, asdf
wrote:
>I suppose the real question is, why don't they run a Willesden Jn (LL
>bay platform) to Stratford service, in addition to the Euston service,
>instead of completely arbitrarily withdrawing the service to Euston?
Because they want to experiment to see what happens, to dictate their
future plans?
Neil
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