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Post by edwardfox on Dec 27, 2010 11:02:33 GMT
I just wondered why Wood Green Station is always closed from 10:30PM on the 31st until 7AM on the 1st.
The Piccadilly Line is operating all night through the station and nobody could describe Wood Green as a little used station.
The closure means those returning from festivities in London have to pile onto buses at Turnpike Lane to continue their journey.
It just seems a little odd.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2010 15:21:57 GMT
Also, Russell Square and Heathrow Terminal 4. I can't imagine there being stampedes at Heathrow and Russell Square. Are there other events going on, other than at the river, that are very poorly publicised?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2010 15:29:08 GMT
Also, Russell Square and Heathrow Terminal 4. I can't imagine there being stampedes at Heathrow and Russell Square. Are there other events going on, other than at the river, that are very poorly publicised? Are you sure T4 is closed (aside from it's normal operating hours - ie closes an hour or so earlier than the other terminals) ? It isn't ordinarily during the Xmas period, flights don't just stop because of the holidays! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2010 15:39:30 GMT
Also, Russell Square and Heathrow Terminal 4. I can't imagine there being stampedes at Heathrow and Russell Square. Are there other events going on, other than at the river, that are very poorly publicised? Are you sure T4 is closed (aside from it's normal operating hours - ie closes an hour or so earlier than the other terminals) ? It isn't ordinarily during the Xmas period, flights don't just stop because of the holidays! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2010 15:42:14 GMT
Are you sure T4 is closed (aside from it's normal operating hours - ie closes an hour or so earlier than the other terminals) ? It isn't ordinarily during the Xmas period, flights don't just stop because of the holidays! indeed - that's T4's normal opening hours Not a planned Xmas closure - imagine they've just lumped it in for some reason!?! |
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Post by hollywood on Dec 29, 2010 3:42:47 GMT
Also, Russell Square and Heathrow Terminal 4. I can't imagine there being stampedes at Heathrow and Russell Square. Are there other events going on, other than at the river, that are very poorly publicised? Russell Square is exit only from 2230 reopening by 0300. In my limited time in London, I found Friday night at Russell Square just as heaving as Saturday evening at Covent Garden (which will similarly be exit only NYE). Better safe than sorry at lift-only stations, I presume. indeed - that's T4's normal opening hours Not a planned Xmas closure - imagine they've just lumped it in for some reason!?! Hopefully some daft tourist who heard that the underground will run all night and plans to go straight from the fireworks to T4 for his flight on Saturday will have read the leaflet! |
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Post by louvrerivoli on Dec 29, 2010 16:50:24 GMT
I just wondered why Wood Green Station is always closed from 10:30PM on the 31st until 7AM on the 1st. The Piccadilly Line is operating all night through the station and nobody could describe Wood Green as a little used station. The closure means those returning from festivities in London have to pile onto buses at Turnpike Lane to continue their journey. It just seems a little odd. Wood Green station is arguably the most used station north of Finsbury Park on the Picc line, and the area itself is often busy with the Shopping City and cinemas (probably not around night time). Turnpike Lane is within walking distance down the High Road and a vast majority of bus routes pass through or terminate there so it should be a decent alternative. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2010 17:11:25 GMT
The Wood Green closure is supposedly to allow the police to focus themselves on Turnpike Lane (which, due to having the bus station, get priority), rather than spread themselves between the two stations. So I heard when I was CSA on those stations a few years back!
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Post by edwardfox on Dec 29, 2010 20:37:13 GMT
Thank you. That makes sense, but still a little unfair for those actually living around Wood Green Station, especially as it is the only outer London station so affected.
So where do all the extra police needed to handle a major Royal event or State visit come from, if there are suddenly none available to monitor a single tube station?
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Post by Chris M on Dec 30, 2010 10:55:17 GMT
A royal event or state visit are very compact geographically rather than affecting the whole city.
You aren't going to need extra police at all of Sudbury Town, Richmond, Loughton, Kentish Town, Bermondsey, Sloane Square, Royal Oak, etc, etc, when William and Kate get hitched, whereas you conceivably might at New Year.
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