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Indeed - further to the "Good Service" myth that Geoff has mentioned above, I would like to know why, upon arriving at Stratford this morning to "Good service" announcements, that there was not a single Jubilee line train in the platforms and that it was over 10 minutes until one did eventually arrive and depart.

I was up shortly after 6:00am this morning - three lines partly suspended.

I think HT has lost this arguement

MylesHSG wrote:I think HT has lost this arguement

He's a wannabe politician - therefore he never loses any argument...

Perhaps it's just me I don't think any of my attempts have been without problems and delays... I assume this is just the norm, par for the course and to be expected........
Look at the sheer size of the network, number of trains running at any one time, thousands of signals, hundreds of miles of track... A thousand and one things that can go wrong......Over running engineering works, burst water mains, WW2 bombs being found, signal failures, one under's, staff being taken sick, defective trains etc...

It is a brilliant transport system and I cannot believe how you can possibly expect all of this to operate without daily problems and issues.....

This all goes back to the perfect day debate. The other thing to consider is that nearly half a million more people use the tube every day compared to 2005 so any delay impacts that many more passengers.

2004/2005 ave daily passengers 2.67 million
2010/2011 ave daily passengers 3.15 million.

Dec 7th 2010 was the tubes busiest day with 4.17 million passengers travelling.
This I expect will be beaten this year during the Olympics.

Anyway In my opinion you need a huge slice of luck regarding the network to get the record.
And that just adds to the Challenge.

Also don't forget that sometimes late-running trains can be a bit of a blessing...so sometimes you don't *want* the network to be right :p

It's what I said... when it breaks down, it breaks down together.

Interestingly, the two lines officially upgraded didn't fail...

Even on a "perfect" day with no faults or failures of trains or infrastructure, I can guarantee that trains won't run according to the Working Timetable thanks to the people that cause the best laid plans to go wrong...namely the passengers!

Case in point: I boarded an Overground train at Kenny O recently and some twunt decided it would be a good idea to hold/force the doors open whilst they were closing. This promptly broke the set of doors in question and it took two members of staff nigh on ten minutes to get them closed and locked out of use so the train could proceed, and at one point they were even considering taking the train out of service.

There WILL be extended dwell times, trains being held in platforms to regulate the service, trains being turned short of their booked destination, trains being "reformed" and various other things that put a spanner in the works for challenge purposes, yet still enable LU to proclaim a "Good Service" because average frequencies are unaffected.

Cheers,

Barry

palkanetoijala31 wrote:Besides when 2016 comes along who ever gets it wont be on Guinness Website it still be Marc Gawley

I don't know when it was updated, but at long last the Guinness website now seems to be showing the correct record:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... d-stations

It was only updated recently 9 months of badgering to do it though hope the next record holder gets the same wait lol.

I'd like to weigh in with some dates for when the Olympia trains are running twice an hour

25th and 26th April
16th, 17th and 18th May
27th and 28th June.

Hope that helps. I want to attempt it soon. I'm only 14.