A couple left the Green Day concert at 22:30, wanting to get to Waterloo for
their last train home at 1am. They walked to Wembley Park station where the
staff told them that the Met and Jubbly were shut and that they could get
trains to Waterloo from Wembley Central. So they walked to Wembley Central,
where the staff told them that the trains were only running to Willesden
Junction, but the replacement buses from Willesden Junction would run all
the way to Waterloo. So they got the (LOROL) train to Willesden Junction,
where the staff told them that the replacement bus was only running to
Queens Park, but that they could get the Bakerloo from Queens Park to
Waterloo. So they got the replacement bus to Queens Park, where they found
that they had missed the last Bakerloo. A taxi saved the day, but cost them
the best part of 25 quid.

On Nov 2, 4:22*am, "Basil Jet"
wrote:
A couple left the Green Day concert at 22:30, wanting to get to Waterloo for
their last train home at 1am. They walked to Wembley Park station where the
staff told them that the Met and Jubbly were shut and that they could get
trains to Waterloo from Wembley Central. So they walked to Wembley Central,
where the staff told them that the trains were only running to Willesden
Junction, but the replacement buses from Willesden Junction would run all
the way to Waterloo. So they got the (LOROL) train to Willesden Junction,
where the staff told them that the replacement bus was only running to
Queens Park, but that they could get the Bakerloo from Queens Park to
Waterloo. So they got the replacement bus to Queens Park, where they found
that they had missed the last Bakerloo. A taxi saved the day, but cost them
the best part of 25 quid.

Did the couple check before they travelled? Journey Planner suggests
that the couple could have taken a Chiltern train from Wembley Stadium
to Marylebone, where they could have changed for the Bakerloo line.

On 2 Nov, 04:22, "Basil Jet"
wrote:

So they got the (LOROL) train to Willesden Junction

What's funny about that?

Offramp wrote:
On 2 Nov, 04:22, "Basil Jet"
wrote:

So they got the (LOROL) train to Willesden Junction

What's funny about that?

It's in Harlesden.

martin wrote:

Did the couple check before they travelled? Journey Planner suggests
that the couple could have taken a Chiltern train from Wembley Stadium
to Marylebone, where they could have changed for the Bakerloo line.

Yes, there were Chiltern trains into Marylebone roughly every fifteen
minutes, including a Wembley shuttle service back and forth.

Jack Taylor wrote:
martin wrote:
Did the couple check before they travelled? Journey Planner suggests
that the couple could have taken a Chiltern train from Wembley Stadium
to Marylebone, where they could have changed for the Bakerloo line.

Yes, there were Chiltern trains into Marylebone roughly every fifteen
minutes, including a Wembley shuttle service back and forth.



Have to agree here... did they check before they travelled? No...
clearly they didn't, otherwise they would have found Chiltern were
operating enough extra trains to / from Wembley Stadium to get everyone
to / from the gig, and these trains were being advertised on Journey
Planner as an alternative to the suspended Jub / Met.

I know it's a pain, but really, when travelling at the weekend, just
take a moment and check the website. Saves you getting stuck in Harlesden!

Cheers

Steve M

Steve M wrote:

Have to agree here... did they check before they travelled? No...
clearly they didn't, otherwise they would have found Chiltern were
operating enough extra trains to / from Wembley Stadium to get
everyone to / from the gig, and these trains were being advertised on
Journey Planner as an alternative to the suspended Jub / Met.

I know it's a pain, but really, when travelling at the weekend, just
take a moment and check the website. Saves you getting stuck in
Harlesden!

They can't have gone to the gig by public transport, or they would have
found out all the problems then, so I would imagine they were driven from
Surrey by a friend from whom they somehow got separated. Expecting them to
have examined the PT options in advance is therefore not reasonable.
Expecting the staff in the station to know the correct picture is
reasonable.

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Basil Jet wrote:

Steve M wrote:

Have to agree here... did they check before they travelled? No...
clearly they didn't, otherwise they would have found Chiltern were
operating enough extra trains to / from Wembley Stadium to get
everyone to / from the gig, and these trains were being advertised on
Journey Planner as an alternative to the suspended Jub / Met.

I know it's a pain, but really, when travelling at the weekend, just
take a moment and check the website. Saves you getting stuck in
Harlesden!

They can't have gone to the gig by public transport

Unlike this fella:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8339710.stm

tom

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SCIIIIEEEEEENNNNNCNCCCCCE!!!

"Steve M" wrote in message
...
Jack Taylor wrote:
martin wrote:
Did the couple check before they travelled? Journey Planner suggests
that the couple could have taken a Chiltern train from Wembley Stadium
to Marylebone, where they could have changed for the Bakerloo line.

Yes, there were Chiltern trains into Marylebone roughly every fifteen
minutes, including a Wembley shuttle service back and forth.

Have to agree here... did they check before they travelled? No... clearly
they didn't, otherwise they would have found Chiltern were operating
enough extra trains to / from Wembley Stadium to get everyone to / from
the gig, and these trains were being advertised on Journey Planner as an
alternative to the suspended Jub / Met.

I know it's a pain, but really, when travelling at the weekend, just take
a moment and check the website. Saves you getting stuck in Harlesden!

Cheers

Steve M
I don't know, f**king passengers, they don't spend ages checking what is
running then they believe what the station staff tell them, cretins.

Kevin