Colin McKenzie wrote:
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:01:51 +0100, Steve M
wrote:

I'm sure 100+ people could, due to freak circumstances,

Such as a National Rail train arriving?

turn up within 5-10 minutes at Walthamstow, but LU can't
(unfortunately) afford to have an endless supply of buses ready and
waiting just in case this happens. A lot of effort goes into planning
rail replacement services and I think, most of the time, they get it
right, or not far off.

The lack of tube services made it onto Test Match Special yesterday,
with at least one commentator arriving late.

It's hard to plan for everything, but major sporting events are easy to
predict and plan for.

Colin McKenzie




Colin,

I'm glad you realise it's hard to plan for everything. I'm sure you
understand LU planners take into account events of all shapes and sizes
across London when thinking about closures, but it's impossible to
please all of the people all of the time. As to the cricket, all the
publicity that went out advised customers to use Baker Street, which is
only a short walk away from Lord's. I'm sure you get as annoyed as I do
with all the "check before you travel" announcements, but these really
are made for your benefit, and you should listen to them.

Were there to be no closures taking place alongside sporting events of
any shape or size in London, the upgrades would take a very long time to
complete.

Cheers

Steve M