Wapping Tube
A bit of a parochial post this, so please bear with me. Many of the Londoners on Vox will be aware that the East London Line is shutting down next month for a couple of years.
This is facilitate an upgrade to the line and create links to the north and south of the present line. The details are presented by TFL here. In the interim, there will be a replacement bus service. All well and good.
Except it's not all well and good.
The planned replacement bus service is far from an adequate replacement. For one thing, unlike the present tube line, it won't cross the river. So for those of us on the north side of the river, it won't connect to the Jubilee Line at Canada Water, a connection that thousands use each day to get to work. Handy that. It will also have a lower frequency service during the day and end earlier in the evening.
Now I've experienced "replacement" services while the East London Line was down before. And the scramble for each bus can only be described as something akin to the last US chopper leaving Hanoi. Talk about survival of the fittest.
If I'm going to pay TfL an exorbitant amount each month for an East London Line, I think the least I can expect is that its replacement service matches it.
So, if like me you find this situation a little sub-optimal, you can make your displeasure known via a petition on the Government website of the same name. Go to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Wappingtube and let them know how you feel.
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