This is the second time this has happened to me and I hate it. They call it planned engineering works which to everyone else means a major pain in the ass. Traveling from Heathrow T5 to Oakwood station which normally takes an hour but when they have engineering works going on the close part of the line and they put on a bus replacement service between the closed stations adding 30 minutes to the journey and not forgetting to hump your luggage across London. The last time this happened to me it was snowing and it was a real headache especially when you have just travelled half way around the world.
What I don’t understand is why don’t they plan theses works at night and it’s always seems to be on piccadilly line which is the line to Heathrow. How do visitors deal with this. Ok ive done with my rant. I’m now sitting on my train to Oakwood after the bus replacement and it Won’t be long until I’m in my North London.
Show some love
Now most of the time the London transport system is great. You only have to do a bit of traveling to other major sites around the world to realise how comprehensive London transport is. It’s like a web and it extends to most parts of outer London. Even at its furthest points youre only 30 minutes from central London. When in Rome I jumped on the tube in rush hour and it was like being squeezed in a can. I’m sure if there was a competition in how to get the most amount of people into a train Rome would be a strong contender. From what I hear Japan takes some beating though
Back to London my home.
