TfL strike today - sympathy for fellow sufferers

VfM4meplse

I can't believe I'm the only one on the site that has suffered from the reduced transport system in London today...

....or perhaps my fellow commuters are still walking home :rotfl:

dacouch

My superviser took the week and I was given the poison chalice of driving everyone to work. My journey started at 5.30 from sarf of the river to deepest darkest Essex to pick up a colleague and then all the way over to Twickenham. This morning the Limehouse tunnel was shut so the A13 was a nightmare. We got to Twickenham at 8.30 which was not too bad.

We finished the job at 2pm and left Twickenham bound for Essex, the roads out of London heading east were really really bad from 3pm onwards, I eventually got back to my house at 7.30. So 5 and a half hours to do about 40 miles. I got some decent overtime today so I did not let the traffic get to me too much

Interestingly the roads as soon as I got south of the river this evening were fine.

We were in effect driving out of London on the way to Twickenham and watched a traffic jam of 15 miles heading into central London on the A3.

I hope TFL don't give into the union as I'm getting fed up with them, I also saw quite a few Ambulances on emergency call that got snarled up in the traffic jams, I hope the union's action did not cause undue further injuries to people due to the delays

Keith

Left at usual time, arrived at usual time.

My colleagues left at usual time and arrived whenever they did.

Should they have left earlier or should my employer accept that there was a strike?

Hammyman

If you choose to live and work in an overcrowded part of the world, you have to be prepared to accept inconveniences.

benham3160

Just to say I have full sympathy with the strikers.

Just to balance this thread a bit.

Regards,
Andy

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benham3160 wrote: »

Just to say I have full sympathy with the strikers.

Just to balance this thread a bit.

Regards,
Andy

So do I.;)

laurz121

Londoners amaze me how they go into meltdown because the underground is on strike, it makes me wonder how the rest of the country that doesnt have an underground system manages every day without complaint. It's not like there's a shortage of buses in London either is it, or a shortage of trains, or taxis or cycle paths. It's about time that Londoners realised just how pampered they are with regards to public transport and infrastructure

benham3160

laurz121 wrote: »

Londoners amaze me how they go into meltdown because the underground is on strike, it makes me wonder how the rest of the country that doesnt have an underground system manages every day without complaint. It's not like there's a shortage of buses in London either is it, or a shortage of trains, or taxis or cycle paths. It's about time that Londoners realised just how pampered they are with regards to public transport and infrastructure

I think you under estimate the sheer number of people that use the Underground, or indeed actually travel in and around London.

An average of 2.95 million people use the tube each day, which is still more people than the population of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Wallsall added together.

Just stop and think about that for a second..... More than the population of the West Midlands are transported on the London Underground every day.

Add on the fact the busses are already crowded....

I think your point is moot.

Regards,
Andy

jd82

When the Metrolink fails in Manchester it always causes chaos but not on the same scale for obvious reasons. I always avoid the tube and walk or get the bus because I am always a tourist in London and you see more on a bus. I understand if you're working though time is of the most important.

Many cities do have a mass light railway system. Manchester has its soon to be extensive tram system, Liverpool has its underground and I think Newcastle does too.

Arfa__

I worked from home. Am lucky enough to be able to remotely login into my office PC via Citrix. I was actually quite productive and found it most refreshing to not spend 2 hours of the day crammed into the cattle trucks they call the tube. In fact, I bet that colloquialism is grossly out of date, I'm sure cattle these days are transported in far more comfort than the average tube train.
This morning was horrendous, whole chunks of the network down due to signal failures, compounded by cancelled trains on the mainline, and stupid idiots at every stop convinced everyone could move down further to accommodate them. All for the bargain price of £1760 a year.

chuckley

Londoners are too LAZY to walk rather than catch the tube anyway.

its cheaper to walk and besides think of the exercise. depending on where, it can sumtimes be quicker to walk that tube it in rush hr.