London Underground (LU) and Network Rail today announced that Blackfriars Underground station will close from 2 March 2009 until late 2011 as part of Network Rail's Thameslink upgrade programme.
tinyurl.com/4z2k7z
I used to work here (Blackfriars) so I already know how busy this environment is.
When this area gets closed down the strain it will put on to the surrounding area & transport infrastructure is somethng I would not like to be embroiled in.
I 'pity' any commuter that has to endure 2+ years of this...
{typo in header corrected}
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 13/10/2008 at 11:20
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Means you'll have to use Temple or Mansion House-hardly a great distance in either direction!!
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Temple & Mansion house are close true, as are
Chancery Lane, St Pauls, The Bank, Farringdon, Barbican, Moorgate but to name a few.
Displaced will be (as I have read) 100,000+ daily commuters and travellers that currently use Blackfriars.
The surrounding variables and options can only just now cope with their own passenger demands placed upon them - especally during peak periods. When they close Blackfriars - how will they cope then?
Motorcycling commuter: I started to do this back in 1987. I left London in 2000 a lot richer for not having to pay LRT (Zone 1 to 5) fares and with more time on my hands for not being at the mercy of the commuter network that so often failed.
Edited by Tron on 13/10/2008 at 10:48
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