In message
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18:15:23 on Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Mizter T remarked:
* Stansted Express
Boxing Day, Sunday 27th December, Bank Holiday Monday 28th December -
services will only run between Tottenham Hale and Stansted Airport.

Full marks to them for spelling out the various days. 26-28th again this
year, presumably?
--
Roland Perry

On Nov 11, 9:09*am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
18:15:23 on Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Mizter T remarked:

* Stansted Express
Boxing Day, Sunday 27th December, Bank Holiday Monday 28th December -
services will only run between Tottenham Hale and Stansted Airport.

Full marks to them for spelling out the various days. 26-28th again this
year, presumably?


This year's NR Christmas/New Year timetable amendments are now up at
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...ex_custom.html

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 06:15:23PM -0800, Mizter T wrote:
In article ,
(Roy Badami) wrote:
You mean the tube runs on Boxing Day? =A0
If so, it must be just about the only rail service that does.
No - there's a few Southern and Southeastern services, plus (reduced)
airport express services.
This webpage details what happened last year (Xmas 2009):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/h...000/8413759.s=
tm

For the record, I'll copy and paste the relevant bits below:

---quote---
* Southern
Boxing Day - limited service between Victoria and Brighton, London
Bridge to East Croydon via Norwood Junction and London Bridge and East
Croydon via Selhurst.

That has to be London *Victoria* and East Croydon via Selhurst.

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"David Cantrell" wrote
Mizter T wrote:
For the record, I'll copy and paste the relevant bits below:

---quote---
* Southern
Boxing Day - limited service between Victoria and Brighton, London
Bridge to East Croydon via Norwood Junction and London Bridge and East
Croydon via Selhurst.

That has to be London *Victoria* and East Croydon via Selhurst.

The train service database seems to think that there is a Sutton-West
Croydon-Selhurst-Balham stopping service, an East Croydon-Crystal
Palace-Balham stopping service and a Brighton-Victoria service with calls at
Selhurst and Streatham Common. A rail replacement bus service runs
Balham - Wandsworth Common - Clapham Jn - Battersea Park - Victoria.

In article ,
Mizter T wrote:
No - there's a few Southern and Southeastern services, plus (reduced)
airport express services.

This webpage details what happened last year (Xmas 2009):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/h...00/8413759.stm

Interesting, thanks. I knew about the airport services, but not the
others (nor the Scottish ones). I'm just so used to everything in
this country shutting down over Christmas...

-roy

"Roy Badami" wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
No - there's a few Southern and Southeastern services, plus (reduced)
airport express services.

This webpage details what happened last year (Xmas 2009):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/h...00/8413759.stm

Interesting, thanks. I knew about the airport services, but not the
others (nor the Scottish ones). I'm just so used to everything in
this country shutting down over Christmas...


You might be surprised at the number of corner shop / convenience store type
establishments that one can find open in at least some parts of London on
Christmas Day itself - to be honest, it has surprised me a bit too! A number
of public hostelries also open up, albeit generally I think only for limited
hours - plus there are those pubs that go in for the full Christmas lunch
fandango too of course.

Back on topic(-ish), the Oxford Tube runs on on Xmas day but reroutes itself
to serve Heathrow en route to Oxford (and hence misses Hillingdon), and so
that provides an alternative to the HEx bus - see:
http://www.oxfordtube.com/serviceinfo_7973.php

I think that airport coach services run from London to Luton (Greenline) and
Stansted (NX) on Xmas day too.

In article , (Roy
Badami) wrote:

In article
,
Mizter T wrote:
No - there's a few Southern and Southeastern services, plus (reduced)
airport express services.

This webpage details what happened last year (Xmas 2009):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/h...413000/8413759.
stm

Interesting, thanks. I knew about the airport services, but not the
others (nor the Scottish ones). I'm just so used to everything in
this country shutting down over Christmas...

They don't have Boxing Day as a holiday in Scotland, Roy. They had New
Year's Day long before England did and have the next day off as well now.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 04:31:39AM -0800, Paul wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11725128

What I don't quite understand is what are ASLEF complaining about if
there is a long standing agreeement covering working arrangements on
Boxing Day. Are they just pushing their luck?

It's not like anyone works that week anyway, so strike away, no-one will
care!

--
David Cantrell | Hero of the Information Age

Repent through spending

"Paul" wrote in message
...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11725128

What I don't quite understand is what are ASLEF complaining about if
there is a long standing agreeement covering working arrangements on
Boxing Day. Are they just pushing their luck?

I thought they come out with this argument every time that there's a weekend
Boxing Day and a weekday in lieu. They want whatever extras they get on
both days.

Paul