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Post by xtmw on Jan 5, 2024 11:31:57 GMT
Status page showing: District Line: Severe delays between Earl's Court and Wimbledon due to planned engineering work. London Underground tickets will be accepted on South Western Railway, Thameslink, London Overground and local bus services. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line.
According to the TfL website, there is a planned closure for tomorrow and the 7th between Parsons Green and Wimbledon, which brings me back to my original question, how can planned engineering work lead to severe delays when it should be stopping the service? Unless it is engineering work in a siding (which should result in traction current being off?)
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jan 5, 2024 11:52:42 GMT
Due to the impending RMT strike, it was thought wise, by someone, to bring the three engineering trains for the weekend work from Ruislip overnight Thursday and stable them in platforms 1-3 at Wimbledon!
This only leaves pfm.4 free for the 10min Edgware Road service.
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Post by roman80 on Jan 5, 2024 14:35:13 GMT
Having been subject to this delay this morning, I can only say I am glad the decision maker in question is not an air traffic controller. Effectively this branch will have no good service for over seven days. Surely someone making this decision should have some knowledge of a railway's basic function to move it's customers.
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Post by xtmw on Jan 5, 2024 17:43:09 GMT
Now being advertised as emergency engineering work!
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The message 'due to planned engineering work' is rather misleading. I thought they had put severe delays in by accident, as the phrase 'due to planned engineering work' sends the message that the service isn't running at all!
Honesty is the best policy! They could have at least described the disruption as 'due to train cancellations' or 'due to the unavailability of platforms at Wimbledon'
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Post by goldenarrow on Jan 5, 2024 20:29:11 GMT
Unfortunately, what is sometimes displayed on the Electronic Service Update Board is as much a political statement as it is customer information. Not just a London or UK issue for urban transit operators might I add!
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Post by brigham on Jan 6, 2024 8:30:43 GMT
The corporate world is full of weasel-speak. Caveat emptor.
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Post by chilsie on Jan 7, 2024 16:09:35 GMT
On a slightly related note, were services non-stopping West Brompton and Fulham Broadway after the Chelsea fixture yesterday because there was, I’m assuming, not enough room to turn around services to deal with the crowd size that would be entering Fulham Broadway all at once?
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Post by goldenarrow on Jan 7, 2024 16:33:48 GMT
Yes, they were along with Parsons Green being exit only for the same reasons. Crowds were directed towards Earl's Court instead
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Post by gantshill on Jan 7, 2024 17:39:21 GMT
Honesty is the best policy! They could have at least described the disruption as ........ 'due to the unavailability of platforms at Wimbledon' Happily and helpfully, at East Putney a handwritten notice informed passengers that there was only one out of four platforms available at Wimbledon, so there would only be trains every 10 minutes. |
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