This weekends engineering works

I think he was just trying to make a point

as for people complaining about these gaps in services when football is on. Have you ever wondered why when WHUFC are playing why we get these gaps. Well i think i can put the problem quite clearly.
Having worked in a very busy zone 1 station where the H/C runs thro when district and circles are closed we tend to get delays due to "customer incidents" basically this is your fellow supporters that are often to drunk to think of the effect this has when the decided to cause a nuisance on the train to other passengers, pull alarm handles or throw there last pint of lager and chips up all over a train floor. This is what probably creates these gaps that your all complaining about. So dont blame TFL timetables blame your fellow passengers

True enough ;D

I'm still concerned at the apparent TfL attitude that this is all the fault of the customer and that the planning surrounding the improvement works is satisfactory. It isn't.

My experience at Mile End early this morning was similar to 21146 - an 11 minute wait westbound for H&C (and a similar wait eastbound, according to station staff). Luckily at Mile End I have the option of the Central - a luxury not enjoyed by those at Stepney Green, Bromley-by-Bow etc.

Meanwhile at the DLR you get the other extreme: replacement bus overkill, with each bus pointlessly staffed by a man in high-vis carrying a clipboard (why?) whose job appears to be to announce when the bus arrives at each stop. More pointless staffing at each bus stop and DLR station. If this is for the benefit of blind passengers in the absence of pre-recorded announcements then it would be cheaper to fly the blind people by helicopter! Meanwhile there isn't apparently enough money simply to finish Mile End station...

There is a tale about some men who (for some unknown reason) stole a bus shelter.

They borrowed a large yellow truck with a grab crane, donned some hi-viz jackets and drove to the stop and put up cones. The shelter was duly uplifted and stored on the truck, the cones removed and the men drove away.

When the theft was discovered, the police interviewed Betty who lived across the road. "Oh yes, but it wasn't a theft" said Betty "the men from the council came and uplifted it!".

Next week it'll be Joe Bloggs visiting his gran that's been inconvenienced.

The week after that one of my colleagues trying to get to work will be inconvenienced.

The week after that the smith family will be inconvenienced on their day out.

Point is plenty of people are being put out by these works but we will never please everyone - it's got to done and that's the bottom line whether you voice your opinion or not. I know you won't appreciate me saying that, but that is how it is.

Would this be the same planners who made sure that the Victoria line stayed running when Arsenal or Spurs were playing at home during the evening and weekend closures over the last couple of years.

Sure there are a lot of runners and spectators at the London Marathon, but nearly every week there will be some big event on; at the moment, on most Sundays, I see people who have been on / are going to a charity run of some description. Engineering work is already reduced in the run up to Christmas and if you start taking out even more days when will the work get done? In my opinion the planners do a good job of making sure that works do not occur in the local area around events.