Victoria Line- wknd closing
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kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
I think the reason it's being shut is because something is being done...and has been for the last couple of years...
Private Storm
Smell The Glove
Add this to the fact that Clapham North is shut after a certain time every evening and it's starting to really annoy me 
joustmaster
offcumdun
They're too busy closing the Jubilee Line. They've forgotten about us
well the jubilee line is the oldest tube line in london, so its reasonable it needs so much work
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Add this to the fact that Clapham North is shut after a certain time every evening and it's starting to really annoy me
The OP is pointing out that we have NOT had victoria line closures for several weeks.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
No it isn't. The oldest line in London is the bit that runs from Baker street to Aldwych.
The Jubilee line is one of the younger lines I think you'll find...post WW2 IIRC...
trashpony
Hag
The reason the Jubilee line is closed every weekend is because they are extending the length of the trains to cope with the Olympic traffic
joustmaster
offcumdun
i know. its the newest line
its like a joke, but less funny
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Surely they just need to bolt another carriage on to extendn the train length?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
I don't know what's with me today. That's the 7th joke I've missed, here and at work.
trashpony
Hag
They have to do testing apparently
It's a fucking pain in the arse when it's your local tube. And the met line is shut most weekends too
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Not as bad as me missing jokes and basic grammar tho. Imagine if that happened to you.
hipipol
Peckham Wry
No, thats the Clapham and City Railway, ie the Northern Line
The Jubilee is in fact the newest of the tube lines, though part of it does consist of the old Bakerloo, it was entirely resignalled, etc just a few years back - though obviously not very well!!
ETA : I am a farkin eed-jut who need to read the thread befor exposing my eed-jutness
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
They're too busy closing the Jubilee Line. They've forgotten about us
That i believe is the reason why Victoria has not been closed. Jubilee line and several others have been closed on recent weekends. All in all a pain.
jakejb79
Laughing Cow
Train lengths have already been extended on the jubilee which they did in 3days last christmas. This work is to do with installing the new signalling so the drivers will not have to operate the trains, they just push one button and they're off. The work is massively behind schedule.
The other day I was watching some local news/magazine programme. They were looking at the Jubilee line closures (which, for the central London and East section, is the *newest* line)...
...and then they went to Paris to compare.
In Paris, they are upgrading Line 1, the oldest line - massively. New signalling, trains, the whole lot. Will take 2 or 3 years to do.
Guess how many closures during that? Zero. The Paris guys said proudly, "we will not close the line".
Can be done, then.
...and then they went to Paris to compare.
In Paris, they are upgrading Line 1, the oldest line - massively. New signalling, trains, the whole lot. Will take 2 or 3 years to do.
Guess how many closures during that? Zero. The Paris guys said proudly, "we will not close the line".
Can be done, then.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
joustmaster
offcumdun
and mobile phones work on theirs
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
They're converting Line 1 to be driverless; less industrial, more tech orientated.
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