O/T london tube strike

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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

[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!

[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?

[SolentShrimp]

This might help...

https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/resul ... ning=False

Copied from...

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lon ... 35110.html

[SolentShrimp]

You've got to feel really sorry for the tube drivers' though...

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

[marky No.1]

So there you go - take your pushbike and it's just an hour from Euston - hope it was cheap!

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She was cheap!..thats why I married her!
Still confused because that link is still saying I can take certain underground lines

[marky No.1]

She was cheap!..thats why I married her!

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I was in Barcelona yesterday
London today
Hartlepool Saturday

[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

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Info from Barnet Jeff
Walk from Euston to St Pancras
st Pancras to Stratford and take the LDR from there

[marky No.1]

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

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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

[SolentShrimp]

A good guide for Hodgie to get across to the West End today...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3186328/No-tube-home-Not-worry-scenic-boozy-route-using-interactive-PUB-CRAWL-map.html

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Went like clockwork ....it's clear that government have this sorted and I'm guessing they won't strike again!

[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

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We are heading up to Leicester Square now to choose a show for tonight!

[John L]

You've got to feel really sorry for the tube drivers' though...

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

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...

[shrimpnsave]

tube driver starts on £49,673 a year
beggars belief but London is a country within itself!!

[Phil Anderer]

tube driver starts on £49,673 a year
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.

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

[SolentShrimp]

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.

[Richard Head]

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

[Keith]

Went like clockwork ....it's clear that government have this sorted and I'm guessing they won't strike again!

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???

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.

[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.