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Can anyone tell me why London Underground staff at stations are often
so singularly ill-informed when incidents on the tube happen? I've just tried to go from Holborn to Knightsbridge on the Piccadilly Line. I got to Holborn Station, which was shut. The staff at the front of the station told everyone to walk down to Covent Garden. Covent Garden was also shut. The staff there assured me that there were still trains running on the Piccadilly Line, it was just these two stations that were shut for the Fire Brigade to be in attendance, and that I should walk to Leicester Square. Got to Leicester Square and, guess what, the escalators to the Piccadilly Line were shut and staff there said there were no trains on the line at all. So clearly the staff at Holborn and at Covent Garden either wilfully lied, which I think is highly unlikely, or they simply didn't know what was going on. If the latter, why on earth not? Is it really that difficult? I only ask because I've noticed in lots of cases where there are incidents like this, the station staff generally seem to be at a total loss as to what's actually going on. Any information welcome! Patrick |
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