On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:15:44 -0400, Roland Perry
wrote:

In article , CJG NEWSGROUP@ne
wsgroup.no.spam.thanks writes
So what happened to the back-up station in Greenwich? And legal requirement to
have back-up power that was talked about in posts when it was discussed here
after New York power failure?

Spooky, isn't it?

I was going into town this evening... got the bus to KX, and got off
to scenes of chaos. Walked back - not an empty square centimetre on
any of the busses - and KX Thameslink was telling everyone who wanted
to go north to go to Kentish Town. Anyone wanting to go south was
going to be disappointed.

The hivis at the tube entrance said that there was no service anywhere
on the Underground, and that they had no idea whether anything would
be running again tonight.

Not very impressive!

R

"Rupert Goodwins" wrote in
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:15:44 -0400, Roland Perry
wrote:

In article , CJG NEWSGROUP@ne
wsgroup.no.spam.thanks writes
So what happened to the back-up station in Greenwich? And legal
requirement to
have back-up power that was talked about in posts when it was discussed
here
after New York power failure?

Spooky, isn't it?

I was going into town this evening... got the bus to KX, and got off
to scenes of chaos. Walked back - not an empty square centimetre on
any of the busses - and KX Thameslink was telling everyone who wanted
to go north to go to Kentish Town. Anyone wanting to go south was
going to be disappointed.

The hivis at the tube entrance said that there was no service anywhere
on the Underground, and that they had no idea whether anything would
be running again tonight.

Not very impressive!

R

And the website gave NO details at all, showing 'no problems' on the tube
network map.

Orienteer wrote:
And the website gave NO details at all, showing 'no problems' on the
tube network map.

I noticed that. The PC that runs it probably had no power!!!

In article , Rupert Goodwins
writes
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:15:44 -0400, Roland Perry
wrote:

In article , CJG NEWSGROUP@ne
wsgroup.no.spam.thanks writes
So what happened to the back-up station in Greenwich? And legal
requirement to
have back-up power that was talked about in posts when it was discussed here
after New York power failure?

Spooky, isn't it?

I was going into town this evening... got the bus to KX, and got off
to scenes of chaos. Walked back - not an empty square centimetre on
any of the busses - and KX Thameslink was telling everyone who wanted
to go north to go to Kentish Town. Anyone wanting to go south was
going to be disappointed.

The hivis at the tube entrance said that there was no service anywhere
on the Underground, and that they had no idea whether anything would
be running again tonight.

Not very impressive!

R

And no fault of LUL. National Grid failed and LU buy there power via it.
The back up came on line and they were able to shunt some trains but the
supply isn't sufficient to run a full service on.

Or any service for that matter.
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From: Rupert Goodwins
Date: 28/08/2003 20:48 GMT Daylight Time
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that there was no service anywhere
on the Underground, and that they had no idea whether anything would
be running again tonight.

Not very impressive!

No, I agree. But business as usual as far as private sector cowboys are
concerned, so we take it or leave it :-)