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O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:57 pm
by halftimeresults
booked 2 nights in London for our 10th anniversary! we arrive in London tonight at 20.15!
how do I get to RaMada London docklands from Euston?
is it a case of buses which will take flipping ages?....Must be a easier way :?

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:34 am
by SolentShrimp
Nightmare, totally unnecessary RMT misery!
Doesn't look the easiest of places to get to even by tube Hodgie.
Happy Anniversary, should be one to remember!

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:52 am
by marky No.1
Happy anniversary Hodgie!

Is the DLR closed as well?

If it was daytime you could catch the riverboat taxi, but don't know if they sail at that time?

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:54 am
by SolentShrimp

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:05 am
by SolentShrimp
You've got to feel really sorry for the tube drivers' though...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... g-now.html

:shock:

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:10 am
by marky No.1
So there you go - take your pushbike and it's just an hour from Euston - hope it was cheap! :lol:

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:13 am
by halftimeresults
She was cheap!..thats why I married her!
Still confused because that link is still saying I can take certain underground lines

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:35 am
by marky No.1
halftimeresults wrote:She was cheap!..thats why I married her!


:shock:

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:45 am
by halftimeresults
I was in Barcelona yesterday
London today
Hartlepool Saturday

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:26 am
by nobbyshrimp
To Watford junction on train
To Clapham junction on train
To Shadwell on train
To Limehouse or as close to docklands as possible on bus

Ps
Taxi prices could be tripled as they were last time and buses in the centre rammed but should be ok ish at Shadwell
Good luck

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:30 am
by halftimeresults
Info from Barnet Jeff
Walk from Euston to St Pancras
st Pancras to Stratford and take the LDR from there

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:53 am
by marky No.1
halftimeresults wrote:Info from Barnet Jeff
Walk from Euston to St Pancras
st Pancras to Stratford and take the LDR from there


DLR ! Thought you knew about trains.

It's nice in Stratford, leave the Mrs. shopping there (Westfield) while you look at the new stadium

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:36 pm
by halftimeresults
marky No.1 wrote:
halftimeresults wrote:Info from Barnet Jeff
Walk from Euston to St Pancras
st Pancras to Stratford and take the LDR from there


DLR ! Thought you knew about trains.

It's nice in Stratford, leave the Mrs. shopping there (Westfield) while you look at the new stadium

I don't recognise trains that don't need drivers ;)

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:14 am
by SolentShrimp

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:33 am
by halftimeresults
Went like clockwork :D :D ....it's clear that government have this sorted and I'm guessing they won't strike again!

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:39 am
by Richard Head
What you up to while you're down there Hodgie? We're there tomorrow for the wife's birthday, Billy Elliott tomorrow night then Buck Palace on Saturday, staying in Bayswater near Hyde Park

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:10 am
by halftimeresults
We are heading up to Leicester Square now to choose a show for tonight!

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:36 pm
by John L
SolentShrimp wrote:You've got to feel really sorry for the tube drivers' though...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... g-now.html

:shock:

Maybe if those other public sector workers received the pay and conditions they deserved, then maybe you would find it easier to feel sorry for the tube drivers and leave them be...

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:44 pm
by shrimpnsave
tube driver starts on £49,673 a year :shock:
beggars belief but London is a country within itself!!

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:17 pm
by Phil Anderer
shrimpnsave wrote:tube driver starts on £49,673 a year :shock:
beggars belief but London is a country within itself!!


Roughly three times what I earnt before tax in the last tax year, but there again, my mortgage is paid off, and I don't live in London, which is a f*!k lot more expensive than St Orth. I'm not supporting the strikers by any means, just saying it's easy to post their salaries to get a response, but a little context would be nice.

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:56 pm
by halftimeresults
Utter carnage tonight!....people scrapping to get on buses
3 hours to get back to my hotel!

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:13 am
by SolentShrimp
John L wrote:Maybe if those other public sector workers received the pay and conditions they deserved, then maybe you would find it easier to feel sorry for the tube drivers and leave them be...


I worked in the public sector for 33 years, and never went on strike for a single day.
As soon as Mark Serwotka came on the scene that was the time to end my subscription.
I'll never feel an ounce of sympathy for tube drivers [or anyone else] who feel they can hold London to ransom as when.

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:29 am
by Richard Head
halftimeresults wrote:Utter carnage tonight!....people scrapping to get on buses
3 hours to get back to my hotel!

Sounds like you had a relaxing evening Hodgie, hopefully it's all clear by the time we get there today, might see you around Euston, we are due to arrive about quarter past twelve

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:36 am
by Keith
halftimeresults wrote:Went like clockwork :D :D ....it's clear that government have this sorted and I'm guessing they won't strike again!


halftimeresults wrote:Utter carnage tonight!....people scrapping to get on buses
3 hours to get back to my hotel!


What a difference a day makes
Twenty-four little hours


Government didn't quite have it sorted then??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

I actually don't have sympathy for the strikers. I think this is a dreadful government which will get worse over the next few years, but the people choose the government and they made their choice. Not up to unions to try and change that. The tube drivers are well paid and are going to receive a decent bonus for working a night shift. They are now demanding that if they work a Saturday night they will not work again until the Tuesday, with Monday as a 'rest day'. Get over yourselves folks. I believe in unions, they are needed to fight for fairness and decency. Not to hold other people to ransom. This sort of thing simply alienates the unions further.

Re: O/T london tube strike

PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:55 am
by Christies Child
Only my opinion of course but I suspect that you are going to have to get used to this Government for some considerable time especially if Labour is lead by the 'left' candidate.