"Bradley H. Davis" wrote in message
.. .

I am a driver on the Northern and before I went off on a two week
vacation,
the *rumour* was that regular service to all Northern Line destinations
via
both Bank and Charing Cross was being resumed on March 7. As I don't go
back
there until Tuesday night I can't confirm this. I know this isn't exactly
concrete information, but that's the last I heard!!


Thanks Bradley. If you hear anything more, could you let us know?

Alan

Hi All,

I agree with Roger wholeheartedly with regards to the connection problems at
Kennington. I have to say that I usually also wait at Kennington for people
to run like mad from the other platform. It is annoying I know, I have the
same problem transferring from the Central to the District Line at Mile End
sometimes. The problem at Kennington as Roger explained is that sometimes
you just don't know there is a train approaching. Camden Town is also a
brilliant example of this. The regulator will hold you in the Northbound
Edgware platform for several minutes, then releases the signal when he
notices the High Barnet train has fully berthed in it's platform. The result
of course is that you shut the doors, and when you are halfway out the
platform you notice thousands of people rushing onto the platform waving
fists, brollies or anything else they can lay their hands on. I get just as
p***ed off because this makes us all look like a bunch of idiots.

As for the resumption of the "all routes all branches" service, I noticed on
the TfL website that the Northern Line will be ending at 22.30 on Tuesday
evening to allow for test train running. So it looks as if something is
moving towards full service. Maybe the rumour about March 7 isn't as wild as
I imagined!

Shuttles in operation as follows:

Stockwell-Morden
Edgware-Golders Green
East Finchley-High Barnet ( It says also to Mill Hill East, but I suspect
this maybe a shuttle Finchley Central-Mill Hill East)