> You'll have seen the posters that went up over the weekend,
> announcing
> the plan to close the whole Victoria Line at 10pm every Mon-Thurs til
> late November. Possibly, there won't even be a rail replacement bus!
> (Not that hanging around at Finsbury Park late at night is very
> appealing). The guards in my local station (Blackhorse Rd) are not
> happy. The weekend works will still be happening just as frequently.
> It seems clear it's due to Metronet's over-runs. Why can't they just
> catch up by employing more staff, paying people and managing them
> properly, and continuing doing the works during the nighttime closed
> period, even if it takes longer? What about the people who are
> working
> in town til late, to say nothing of those who sometimes just like to
> stay out past 10pm on a school night?!
>
> According to Saturday's FT, the 'arbiter' who is reviewing Metronet's
> demand for an extra £2bn taxpayers money over the next year, "is
> likely to award less for work that is behind schedule", so I suspect ...

> Funny, this information about service cuts is buried near the bottom of
> a press release titled "Mayor announces acceleration of Tube Investment
> Programme."
>
> http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=11710
> --

>
> "chunky munky" hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1183997853.142150.310080@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 9, 4:32 pm, "carolinejmol...@googlemail.com"
>
> LUL would have agreed the early closures.
> The early shutdowns are due to testing the new trains, which can only
> be down when the current trains arent running.
> They will get an extra 3 hours out of this shutdown, which means that
> things should come along a lot quicker in the end, under the line's
> PPP Upgrade.
>
> LUL should have kept Epping-Ongar, they could have tested to their hearts
> content. I thought Metronet were building a test track somewhere anyway.
>

>
> and it says that it will shut at 23.00 not reported by the OP

>> and it says that it will shut at 23.00 not reported by the OP

>
> I called London Transport Info Line and they told me that last train
> from Oxford Circus will leave for Brixton at 10.17pm, for Walthamstow
> at 10.23pm. The posters are vague. No information about a rail
> replacement bus (!) either.

>
> "zen83237" zen.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4692702b$0$27853$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...

>>
>> "chunky munky" hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:1183997853.142150.310080@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jul 9, 4:32 pm, "carolinejmol...@googlemail.com"
>>
>> LUL would have agreed the early closures.
>> The early shutdowns are due to testing the new trains, which can only
>> be down when the current trains arent running.
>> They will get an extra 3 hours out of this shutdown, which means that
>> things should come along a lot quicker in the end, under the line's
>> PPP Upgrade.
>>
>> LUL should have kept Epping-Ongar, they could have tested to their hearts
>> content. I thought Metronet were building a test track somewhere anyway.
>> ...

>You'll have seen the posters that went up over the weekend,
>announcing
>the plan to close the whole Victoria Line at 10pm every Mon-Thurs til
>late November. Possibly, there won't even be a rail replacement...