Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
How not to get stuck on the tube during the Olympics
TfL are making an early start to their campaign to modify the travel behaviour of Londoners through the Olympics. Fears of 20 minute waits for tubes are amongst the outcomes that will be offered unless we change our travel habits for a few weeks.
TfL's first foray is the Get Ahead of the Games website. Its London page shows which lines and stations will be particularly badly hit and helps to plan travel to avoid them.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Someone told me that they might be running special trains on the Gospel Oak -Barking line which go to Stratford for the Olympic park. Does anyone know whether this is going to happen?
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Permalink Reply by Ruth on
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Good idea. But I bet so will a lot of others... I am still seeking that place in the sun to escape to at reasonable cost. Suggestions welcome!
I think London will be in grid lock and can't see any excitement in that. and then all those terrorist threats that are bound to pop up... Yep, best to watch it all on the telly in a beach bar somewhere with some cooling beers.... or at home in peace and quiet.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Fowler on
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Ruth - Agree with you about gridlock. However, we're going to dig in here, stocked with plenty of emergency supplies, in case of terrorist attack or widespread rioting, and be able to shout loudly "Told You So!" when it all goes pear-shaped.
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Just heard on news that MoD are considering placing ground to air missiles on the top of some blocks of flats in case anyone decides to try to fly into the olympic stadium and wipe out the crowds, and the games. Glad I don't live in Stratford... in a way, we are in a nice position here. Marginalised maybe but out of the way. So let's start stocking up then! Hope there's not a rush on decent wine .....
'It's all good, absolutely, I'm cool with that and dude up!' as they would say in the spoof programme 2012 (if you havent seen it, it's brilliant, do catch it on iPlayer!)
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Permalink Reply by Normanshire on
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Go by bike. The only answer.
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Rejoice, rejoice, everyone! Not only will we not be able to move around our own city, but we will have the pleasure of paying for Seb Coe's ego trip for the rest of our lives.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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This is going to be the most fantastic few weeks London has ever seen. JOIN IN.
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Stillman on
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Yessssss!!! Trains may be a pain, but it's going to be exciting. I'm looking forward to it.
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And how exactly do we "join in"? Only the rich (and a few lucky plebs) have got tickets. Of course, we can watch on TV, but then we could do that if it were in, say, Qatar, or even ... Paris! How much better if they had won the bid: we could have hopped on a train to watch it, if lucky enough to have tickets, without having to worry about all our trains in London being delayed. Explain, please, how spending 9 billion pounds of public money on a jamboree for sports fans and for enriching the international sports mafia (of which Seb Coe will afterwards become a permanent part) rather than, say, oh, I don't know, building affordable housing in London, is a good use of money. Oh, I guess we could join in by eating sporty food at McDonalds, or rotting our teeth by drinking healthy sporty Coca-Cola. Or admire the work of Dow Chemicals in coating the stadium.
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It's terrible isn't it. All that money being spent on enjoyment. Why on earth they don't pull down that money guzzling British Museum and build a new Westfield I just don't know. Don't get me started on subsidies to the arts. A load of poncey folk oggling ballet dancers. And learning about music in schools. I mean come on, how's that going to get them a job? They could use the time to learn a decent trade or learn the skills you need to work in a service industry. Now, bank holidays - just an excuse for idleness and not working.............
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Not the same Michael. I agree with Christopher.
The British Museum is free as are major art galleries and we all can visit. All children, rich and poor, can learn music is schools and there are plenty of free concerts. But how can we of average incomes participate in the Olympics? I suppose we could stand and watch as the official limousines whizz by in their specially - reserved traffic lanes - not for them 20-minute waits for tube trains - but how is that exciting ?
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