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BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« on: November 30, 2016, 08:04:18 pm »
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KING'S Cross, Euston Square, Oxford Circus and Warren Street have all been closed – with reports with an "emergency" and evacuations from some of the stations.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/566525/Kings-Cross-Station-Tube-London-Evacuation-Emergency-Travel-Commuters



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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2016, 08:08:35 pm »
Per the Evening Standard:

Thousands of commuters face rush hour chaos after major Tube stations were evacuated amid fears they are too busy.

Emeregncies were declared at several busy stations on Wednesday evening with King’s Cross, Oxford Circus and Euston closed to prevent overcrowding on a day of mayhem across the capital’s underground network.

Travellers also reported Warren Street and Bond Street stations were shut as they told of chaotic journeys on their way home from work.

Arsenal supporters were urged to avoid Highbury & Islington, Holloway Road, Arsenal and Finsbury Park stations ahead of their League Cup clash with Southampton tonight after a heavily disrupted Victoria and Piccadilly line service throughout the afternoon.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tube-chaos-commuters-face-rush-hour-mayhem-after-stations-shut-amid-crowding-fears-a3409121.html

It happens some times. Something bottlenecks the system - in this case it's the Piccadilly Line having half it's trains out due to them needing their wheels replaced urgently (HT - Transport for London for that) and it screws the whole network.

Add in the football match and the neat fact that something like 90% of people in the UK get paid on the last day of the month and want to get their Christmas shopping done, and it's a extra load on an old system.  :shrug:
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2016, 08:10:06 pm »
I should have guessed it was something to do with football.
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2016, 08:12:05 pm »
Quote from: EC on November 30, 2016, 08:08:35 pm
Per the Evening Standard:

Thousands of commuters face rush hour chaos after major Tube stations were evacuated amid fears they are too busy.

Emeregncies were declared at several busy stations on Wednesday evening with King’s Cross, Oxford Circus and Euston closed to prevent overcrowding on a day of mayhem across the capital’s underground network.

Travellers also reported Warren Street and Bond Street stations were shut as they told of chaotic journeys on their way home from work.

Arsenal supporters were urged to avoid Highbury & Islington, Holloway Road, Arsenal and Finsbury Park stations ahead of their League Cup clash with Southampton tonight after a heavily disrupted Victoria and Piccadilly line service throughout the afternoon.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tube-chaos-commuters-face-rush-hour-mayhem-after-stations-shut-amid-crowding-fears-a3409121.html

It happens some times. Something bottlenecks the system - in this case it's the Piccadilly Line having half it's trains out due to them needing their wheels replaced urgently (HT - Transport for London for that) and it screws the whole network.

too busy so they close em?

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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2016, 08:17:01 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on November 30, 2016, 08:12:05 pm
too busy so they close em?

lol

Yep. Gets dangerous as hell if they don't. The platforms are only about 12 foot wide, and people get shoved off them and onto the tracks with monotonous regularity.
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2016, 08:42:16 pm »
Quote from: EC on November 30, 2016, 08:17:01 pm
Yep. Gets dangerous as hell if they don't. The platforms are only about 12 foot wide, and people get shoved off them and onto the tracks with monotonous regularity.

How about controlling the number of people they allow in.
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2016, 08:47:17 pm »
They have stations for tubes? I gotta get my ass over there.

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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2016, 08:50:36 pm »
I guess too many people forgot to mind the gap......   
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2016, 09:00:27 pm »
The perfect storm .......of idiotic planning.
Sounds very much like many of our USA transit systems
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2016, 09:59:48 pm »
I'll be fair - it's not a terrible system usually.

They do roughly control the amount of people entering the station - the entry turnstiles (they are actually gates now, but same principle) only work fast enough to replace the average passenger turnover per station, and do slow down when the platforms start to get crowded.

Still, it hauls nearly 5 million people per day, so some screw ups are going to happen.
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2016, 10:04:43 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on November 30, 2016, 08:47:17 pm
They have stations for tubes? I gotta get my ass over there.



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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2016, 10:18:53 pm »
EC.........is it fair to the riders that some cars were taken out of service at the very time when the most people would be wanting to ride the trains.
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2016, 10:28:51 pm »
What does fairness have to do with it?
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2016, 01:57:22 am »
Quote from: EC on November 30, 2016, 10:28:51 pm
What does fairness have to do with it?
Did you read your own post..........or is someone else posting for you.
Very first few words..........I'll be fair..............
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Re: BREAKING: Four London tube stations closed due to 'emergency'
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2016, 02:44:29 am »
I said I'll be fair to them. I don't expect fairness in life in return.
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