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Vintage Girl
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 Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: Tube chaos on the horizon |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7558763.stm
| Quote: | Up to 1,000 London Underground workers are holding two 72-hour strikes in a row over pay and conditions.
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said members working for maintenance firm Tube Lines would walk out on 20 August and on 3 September. |
Since starting my new job I have had to travel through central London on several occasions and not once has it been without incident as far as the trains are concerned.
This news must sink the hearts of all commuters. I certainly wouldn't want to commute every day!
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Merak
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| public transport in london is abysmal. Done it for 6 years and more often than not there'd be problems. You do get used to it in the end, but it's certainly not something you miss once you don't have to do it any more. |
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wakeyboy
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Merak
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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oh it does! All it takes is one LU line to be down and the rest get hammered because people use the other already overloaded lines and buses instead. The Olympics are going to be interesting in this respect.
I see it was called off though, so that was good news for everybody using them! |
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muppetmurderer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Tube chaos on the horizon |
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| Quote: | Up to 1,000 London Underground workers are holding two 72-hour strikes in a row over pay and conditions.
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said members working for maintenance firm Tube Lines would walk out on 20 August and on 3 September. |
Going by the chaos and overcrowding that I have come across whenever I make a foray into the great metropolis... will we notice any difference? 
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