Sunday 29 July 2012

The Central Line: Welcome to Hell.

At around 06:00 local (05:00GMT) London's public transport system will be faced with the crowds from the 2012 "Public Transport Olympic Games" and London's commuters. During a normal rush "hour" (06:00 to 10:00 local) on London Underground's Central Line (shown in red on maps) there is a very real risk that the sheer volume of the crowd will force one or more people off the platform into the path of an oncoming train. This will not only scare anyone who witnesses it for life it will cause the whole line for several hours. London Bridge overground/underground hub will also be extremely busy and a potential choke point.

Ideally I would have liked to have posted a list of possible routes. However as at around 00:40 on 30/7/12 my travel advice about the Central Line can be summed in three simple words;

Avoid. Avoid. Avoid!

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