Picadilly Line Saga
Well, what do you know? It is monday morning and yet again there are concerens on the supply of trains in the right direction on the Picadilly line. It seems that the delay in completion of emergency engineering works in the Northfields area fo the Picadilly line (this is between Acton Town and Heathrow Airport, please note) has caused severe delays in the running in all direction sof the Picadilly trains.
What does this mean in reality? Well, it basically means around 10-15 minute wait till a train turns up in one or the other direction, very likely NOT the direction you are going on. And then, upon arriving at Acton Town (as in my case) it meant that every 2 -3 minutes there was a train to Heathrow (!!!) but over a 40 Minute wait (!!!) for a train to Rayners Lane/Uxbridge or Ruislip. During this wait, believe it or not, there actually was a train trundling into Acton Town from who knows where, left in the siding for some 5 minutes, then back into Acton Town in the direction of Uxbridge (or Heathrow) BUT "NOT IN USE" and left standing in front of us poor, freezing (it was just about plus something degress outside) passengers on the platform for a good five minutes, before moving on without opening its doors.
The hight of London Transport Efficiency???
If we ran industrail projects and work on such a basis, can you imagine what the state of the nation would really be like?
'nuff said. And its back to work
What does this mean in reality? Well, it basically means around 10-15 minute wait till a train turns up in one or the other direction, very likely NOT the direction you are going on. And then, upon arriving at Acton Town (as in my case) it meant that every 2 -3 minutes there was a train to Heathrow (!!!) but over a 40 Minute wait (!!!) for a train to Rayners Lane/Uxbridge or Ruislip. During this wait, believe it or not, there actually was a train trundling into Acton Town from who knows where, left in the siding for some 5 minutes, then back into Acton Town in the direction of Uxbridge (or Heathrow) BUT "NOT IN USE" and left standing in front of us poor, freezing (it was just about plus something degress outside) passengers on the platform for a good five minutes, before moving on without opening its doors.
The hight of London Transport Efficiency???
If we ran industrail projects and work on such a basis, can you imagine what the state of the nation would really be like?
'nuff said. And its back to work
posted by Daddy_Stony at 08:40
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