"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
th.li...
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Basil Jet wrote:

And why not? It's not as if a significant proportion of the people in
Tottenham and Brixton were planning on trying to get to Notting
Hill...

The Victoria line is running normally on the Bank Holiday Monday which
is the main carnival day although it is closed on Sunday.

For Totterers, and others in the vicinity of the Lea Valley lines, the
best route is surely down to Liverpool Street and the Central line
anyway? From Brixton itself, train to Victoria and Circle round the
corner seems just as good as a Victoria line route, and for the other
stations down there, the alternatives are not as good, but do exist.

Numerous other bits of lines shut too, including one of the platforms
at Latimer Road shut for lengthening work!

Now that *is* an odd decision.

Latimer Road will have a platform closed for nearly a year. Currently
trains are not stopping westbound, in December they will start on the
eastbound platform. I don't think it is feasible to reopen the plaform
for two days when they are in the middle of completely rebuilding it.

Peter Smyth