Ian Jelf wrote:

I don't think they actually close Coventry Garden on Saturday
afternoons any more, do they? (Checks TfL site: no they don't; the
Tube Map simply states that the station gets very busy and
suggests alternatives.)

Covent Garden is 'Way Out only' at all times until the end of the year.



--
Bob

In message , Bob Wood
writes
Ian Jelf wrote:

I don't think they actually close Coventry Garden on Saturday
afternoons any more, do they? (Checks TfL site: no they don't; the
Tube Map simply states that the station gets very busy and
suggests alternatives.)

Covent Garden is 'Way Out only' at all times until the end of the year.

*Really*?! Then it shows that TfL's encouragement to use other
stations to get there works; despite spending a lot of time in CG it's
ages since I've used the tube station there!

Interestingly, there's nothing to this effect on the downloadable Tube
Map (which was where I checked for my original posting). I had to go
to Live Travel News to find the closure. (Not that I didn't believe
you, Bob!)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

In message , Ian Jelf
writes

In message , Bob Wood
writes

Covent Garden is 'Way Out only' at all times until the end of the year.

*Really*?! Then it shows that TfL's encouragement to use other
stations to get there works;

The reason is actually because TfL are currently enlarging the ticket
hall and providing five new exit gates, which also means that there is
currently no room for either ticket machines or a ticket office, hence
the station is exit only until December.

Its the second stage in the improvement plan announced a couple of years
ago (the first being improved signage).

The third stage, if it goes ahead, will be the addition of a second
ticket hall and more lifts, or possibly escalators.
--
Paul Terry

Bob Wood wrote:
Ian Jelf wrote:

I don't think they actually close Coventry Garden on Saturday
afternoons any more, do they? (Checks TfL site: no they don't; the
Tube Map simply states that the station gets very busy and
suggests alternatives.)

Covent Garden is 'Way Out only' at all times until the end of the
year.

Whereas Coventry Garden is *way* out!

In message , John Rowland
writes
Bob Wood wrote:
Ian Jelf wrote:

I don't think they actually close Coventry Garden on Saturday
afternoons any more, do they? (Checks TfL site: no they don't; the
Tube Map simply states that the station gets very busy and
suggests alternatives.)

Covent Garden is 'Way Out only' at all times until the end of the
year.

Whereas Coventry Garden is *way* out!

Oops!

****Ing Spell Checkers!
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk