Friday, January 12, 2007

The Dreaded District Line to Wimbledon

As I have mentioned before this line is probably the worst on the whole network. There seem to be less trains going through Earls Court to Wimbledon and when it comes to getting out of the wimbledon area its a joke. This morning there was 1 train in 20 mins between 7.25 and 7:45 and this is the RUSH hour. Signal problems apparently. I dont buy it!!! But geuss what I have to. There is no other choice and thats the point really isnt it? Anyway I am moving beyond that part of the district line close to Earls Court yippeeeeeeee !!!

I see that one of the marvellous operating companies have said there will be no improvement until 2011 as the new signals will not be installed until then. WHY NOT. Anyway the fares will be so high by then that it will only be used by a few people. Its funny isnt it how developing countries like India etc are improving their infrastructure and but are destroying ours. I dont for the life of me know why people want to come here.

I cant be bothered with wit or anger today. I am too demoralised having to travel like that this morning. I was late for a business meeting although I left home in plenty of time. In fact it would have been quicker to fly to spain.

5 Comments:

At 9:39 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know that come 2011 they'll be telling us that they won't be installed until 2020 for some stupid reason.

 
At 5:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The new trains planned for that line have to be delivered first and they will run on the old present day signalling. When all the new trains are running and the old ones scrapped the new signalling will be installed area by area. The new trains will have to be able to use both old and new signalling ( interunning ) until the whole line is resignalled. Converting pre war train stop/trip cock signalling to the latest moving block technology and on a line as large as the district will take some time. 2011 could been seen as optimistic. The complexity of what is planned is not to underestimated as the District also shares tracks with the Circle/Piccadilly/H&C

 
At 5:46 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Get a fukcing life!
All I see here is whingeing about the tube. You need to get out more and stop being obsessed and wound up with such things.

 
At 12:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

If we got the Tube Thumper to work for one night during the engineering hours, he'd probably cop out after 5 minutes.

Trying to maintain as well as improve a railway that has been part of London for well over 100 years is no walk in the park, so quit whinging like a spoilt brat and ride a bloody bicycle round London if you're that concerned about your own backside.

 
At 7:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Come on, isn't that being a bit racist? People from countries like 'India etc' don't come over to destroy London's tube network, 90% are lured into by the many UK affiliated universities in every part of India, inviting young students to complete their studies in UK in return of promising awards and careers, and the umpteen UK affiliated MNC's, inviting highly skilled personnel to work in UK. Why does UK government promote such activities which breed immigration? ..because 'Immigration', with all its multiple facets intact, is simply a business for governments which is 'Profitable' as of now and will continue to grow long as it brings those billions on pounds worth of revenue annually and outweighs its cost implications on other parts of the economy by a huge margin.

I know you are sick of it, but if you were the PM, you will be forced to promote it as well - it's a necessary evil if your POV is such.

In the end, if you see through your prejudices, people around you may look different, but we all belong to the same race - human race.

-Kz

 

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