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[23:30] Back To Work
Date: 7/8/05 at 7:30AM
I got to work today in record time - I have to say that I'm well impressed with the Transport For London efforts to get everything working again.
I have a registered Oyster so I received an e-mail about 1630 yesterday saying "Sorry the Tubes are out but we expect to resume a slightly limited service tomorrow morning. Please check the Journey Planner tomorrow to find the best route to get to your destination.". So, I did that this morning and my normal route popped up, Northern Line to Bank, change to Central for Liverpool St! I went down and there are definitely less people on the Tube this morning, I got a seat all the way in :) I would conjecture that there was about 25-30% of normal traffic out this morning.
Well done everyone involved!
[00:46] The Tube - Liverpool St Explosion(?) And More!!!
Date: 7/7/05 at 8:46AM
Well, had my first Tube related problem this morning. The Northern Line was closed from my station so I detoured via the Victoria Line and onto the Central Line from there...unfortunatel y Liverpool Street Station was closed (bomb scare), as was the prior stop, Bank (Power Failure) so I had to get off and walk from St Pauls. This was interesting as you don't get ANY idea of what shape London is whilst wizzing around underground. Turns out that where I got off (two stops from where I was going remember) is only an 8 minute walk away. This is interesting as the rule of thumb here is each stop is approximately 3 minutes from the next. This doesn't include maneuvering time getting out of the rabbit warren that is the Tube.
I think I could probably walk to work and not use the bastard Tube at all!
UPDATE: It seems that Liverpool Street wasn't so much of a scare as an actual explosion. I don't know if it's malicious or not - I suspect not as the Tube announcement when I was down there was initially "closed because of Power Failure". When I wandered in this morning both ends of my street were blockaded by Police but they weren't evacuating buildings (I am in the building next-door to Liverpool St). Someone just in said they are now evacuating the street and the sirens have now been added to by a helicopter! More news as it comes to hand.
UPDATE II: Well, we've just been told to evacuate the building so...I'm out of here! As one of my colleagues has just mentioned - what's the point of evacuating us onto the street where we can be blown up more easily :)
UPDATE III: I'm home - not sure how comforting that is due to my proximity to Stockwell Station - I had to talk my way through some police tape to get home! Looks like living in London is going to be a bit of a bugger for a while. There's no way the Tube is going to be going tomorrow and unlikely to be moving within a month I'd say, depending on the damage from the explosions. Looks like my earlier comments about walking may be put to the test :)
UPDATE IV: Wikipedia is being put to use to cover this in what I think is an excellent way, check it out here. I had never heard of Wikinews up to now.