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How on earth does heavy snowfall cause the closure of an underground railway?

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The train drivers can't get into work?

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PANIC !

As true as that is, I would think there would have been some contingency against that?

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get the bus ?

Why??

We havnt had snow like this for over 25 years! (in the south east anyway) Why have some expensive contingency plan for something that..

a) Hardly ever happens
b) isnt really that big a deal.

Just declare a "bank holiday" (or two) and enjoy the novelty!

(MODs, Urgent Smiley for snowball fight needed! )

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That isn't heavy snowfall. This is heavy snowfall:



Ah, I miss those Montreal winters!

Because, for once, we had a decent warning. Surely it is a good investment to pay drivers overtime to stay at a nearby hotel (assuming their not being able to get in was the reason for the disruption)


This is as close as we get - it's good enough

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No all of it is underground. I was most dissappointed when I went for a ride on it to see what its like in the big city. Would have been better off taking a trip on the Snowdon Mountain Railway. In fact the trains in Switzerland probably spent more time in tunnels that the London Underground.

We will be the laughting stock when all those foreign visitor and media come for the Olympics and realise that we can barely make an Underground "do what it says on the tin."

By the way, is the Snake Pass by you closed?

Circle is all underground, isn't it? That was the first to close.

Snake pass closed http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/travel/roads_01.shtml

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When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

So a few flakes of snow not only stops the Underground but the precious folk of Derbyshire aswell. Hmmm? whats they well known phase about pots and kettle?

If only he did that every day .....

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Not fair - the Derbyshire Caving Club go underground even when it is snowing.

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

Now that is just stupid - what if the snow turns to rain!!!

Their time spent "on call" would qualify as working time under the working time directive.
Don't forget, night workers have no opt-out.

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56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing

only because everyone painted thier number plate white

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Southern softies!

Ah, but would they actually be 'on-call' ? They won't be expected to work (or attend) outside of their nominal core hours (unlike doctors who have to drop everything and go at a moments notice).

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The few of us who attended work today had a laugh about that. So many drivers have slow-obscured plates, so they could whiz past SPECS/Truvelos to their hearts content; that's almost funny when considering the conditions out there!

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They would be getting paid, so they are working.
If they are not going to be paid, they will not be there.
And also note that doctors hours are also subject to the working time directive.
Consultants are somewhat different since they are contract workers.
Also note that night workers are subject to the 48 hours with NO OPT OUT ALLOWED. Maximum 12 hour shifts.

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The world runs on oil, period. No other substance can compete when it comes to energy density, flexibility, ease of handling, ease of transportation. If oil didn’t exist we would have to invent it.”

56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing