Load of bollocks. I’m bringing the kids over on the Monday for a concert.
is there any chance this strike won’t go ahead?
does the overground still run?
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RootsRadical
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Re: Tube strikes
Will probably be called off as the last few were.
The overground will be running regardless.
Can't believe these overpaid cunts are still striking.
The overground will be running regardless.
Can't believe these overpaid cunts are still striking.
Re: Tube strikes
Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑04 Sep 2025, 14:06LCY is my favourite London airport. 4 stops on the train/DLR to my drum. Breeze getting airside.
Me too, its great getting off the plane and putting the key in the door in less than an hour, as long as the train from WA aint fucked
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Mike Oxsaw
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LCY is my favourite London airport. 4 stops on the train/DLR to my drum. Breeze getting airside.
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Damn, although as GSS suggested, staying closer to Tottenham would likely be a double edged sword!
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BerlingtonBertie
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I absolutely never do this. But unfortunately I booked and paid for a non refundable hotel. I’ll just have to get a bus towards the overground and jump on that to WHL
Re: Tube strikes
Gary Strodders shank" wrote: ↑04 Sep 2025, 09:19A nice Airbnb on the Broadwater farm estate maybe if the gigs in Tottenham.
Interesting use of the word 'nice'.
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Gary Strodders shank
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I have a couple of mates who work on the maintenance side
One is a manger and the other a troubleshooter they have both been there years and are with add ones and overtime both on in excess of £100k a year and have a great pension pot for when they finally retire.
They tell me that despite the money the job pays TFL struggle to recruit replacements with the required skills and common sense to adequately replace long serving employees which I guess is a sad indictment on the state of the labour market today.
I have other friends working again mainly on maintenance and they too are never short of a few quid or a day off.
Public sympathy if indeed there is any will soon diminish if these strikes go ahead and disrupt peoples lives for the best part of a week.
One is a manger and the other a troubleshooter they have both been there years and are with add ones and overtime both on in excess of £100k a year and have a great pension pot for when they finally retire.
They tell me that despite the money the job pays TFL struggle to recruit replacements with the required skills and common sense to adequately replace long serving employees which I guess is a sad indictment on the state of the labour market today.
I have other friends working again mainly on maintenance and they too are never short of a few quid or a day off.
Public sympathy if indeed there is any will soon diminish if these strikes go ahead and disrupt peoples lives for the best part of a week.
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Gary Strodders shank
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Fauxstralian
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Re: Tube strikes
BBC local news saying talks broke down yesterday so looks like strikes likely to go ahead.
On a work basis looks like next Monday to Thursday are fucked & usually means there is a late start on the Friday
Obviously the ability to WFH for a lot of people makes it a bit easier to deal with
On a work basis looks like next Monday to Thursday are fucked & usually means there is a late start on the Friday
Obviously the ability to WFH for a lot of people makes it a bit easier to deal with
Re: Tube strikes
Pub Bigot" wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 09:41Where’s the concert, and where are you travelling from (roughly)?
The Underground is one of many ways to get around, and to be honest Uber’s can be reasonable.
I don’t like buses, but they are frequent and will get you to where you’re going, and if all else fails, hire a car.
staying in Victoria, concert is in Tottenham *spits*
Re: Tube strikes
Pub Bigot" wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 09:41Where’s the concert, and where are you travelling from (roughly)?
The Underground is one of many ways to get around, and to be honest Uber’s can be reasonable.
I don’t like buses, but they are frequent and will get you to where you’re going, and if all else fails, hire a car.
Uber prices will go through the roof on strike days,traffic will be horrendous so you're better off walking/cycling
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Mad Ferret
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Re: Tube strikes
Even the DLR cunts are at it this time. Good job I'm off work for most of next week, otherwise that would affect me significantly.
50k+ a year for occasionally checking people's tickets and making the odd announcement on the PA. Cushiest job in TfL.
50k+ a year for occasionally checking people's tickets and making the odd announcement on the PA. Cushiest job in TfL.
Re: Tube strikes
Just as the kids go back to school, or just when they break up it seems! What I find odd is that they strike because of conditions and pay, get a deal they are happy with and a year later they are striking again over conditions and pay. What changes in a year apart from greed?
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Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I genuinely wonder if they are diarised some time in advance, the regularity is so predictable...
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These buggers seem to do it every year. Think the paying customers must have strike "fatigue" by now! Overground and Underground did it when we were off to a concert at the Albert Hall a couple of years back. The ticket insurance didn't cover strikes and the concert couldn't move dates so we ended up driving up and staying at the Copthorne Hotel at Chelsea's football ground, the only possible way we could make it. Hated driving in London and the cost of the hotel was a bugger but at least the concert was worth it.