In message of Wed, 7 Jul
2010 20:46:40 in uk.transport.london, Neil Williams wensleydale@pacersp
lace.org.uk writes
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 10:21:47 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

There are plenty all around the system. LU should change their moto to
Never Knowingly Early. Its fine for a train to be late but god forbid its
running slightly early - then you'll be sitting at a platform for 2 minutes
going nowhere.

It's not a bad railway rule to never accept early running, as that
means people miss the train. On much of LUL, that doesn't matter, but
on the Circle, H&C and Met, where frequencies are lower, people may
well be attempting to do so.

It's a rule I'd like to see apply to local buses. A couple of minutes
late = annoying but tolerable. One minute early = unacceptable in my
mind, though up to 5 minutes early is permitted by current rules,

Can you point to documentation allowing early running?

I once took a U1 from West Ruislip station to Ruislip station - it gives
a reasonable connection between the Central and Metropolitan lines. The
bus service interval is about 15 minutes and there was a timetable on
the West Ruislip bus stop. I caught a bus which arrived 2 minutes early.
I growled at the driver, but did not follow up with Surface Transport
Customer Services at 0845 300 7000 (M-F: 8-20)

IIRC.

IIRC?
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Walter Briscoe