ext_36865 ([identity profile] thessalian.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] thessalian 2006-01-05 12:30 pm (UTC)

While I would never describe moving around London as 'seamless', there is a certain element of taking it for granted when it works and bitching when it doesn't. The fact is that it's a public service and we pay through the nose to keep it running, so of course it's aggravating when the same Tube station has signal failures that shut down an entire branch of the line for hours at a stretch every other day and that's never fixed while some high-up in the board of directors for LU gets sacked and takes home a bonus calculated in the millions. Besides, Montreal public transport is cheaper and runs better than the London one ever did -- fine, it has slightly less ground to cover, but it's also not shut down entirely because of adverse weather conditions up to and including 'leaves on the line'. As public transport goes, this is not value for money and I think people do have a right to complain about the overcrowding, the lateness, the signal failures, the announcement boards never working right, the overcharging, the complete shutdown just because it's a bit damp or leafy or 'the wrong kind of snow', warping tracks, haphazardly maintained escalators and drivers who strike just because they're not geting paid as much as the board of directors and said board sacked a guy who was reputed to be drinking on the job.

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