Travel Terror

[Simster]

there are loads and loads of police at every station and tube this morning, and a big fucker with a machine gun at brighton station.

it's because it's a thursday and they are nervy, i guess....

Indeed. Five police at Redhill, another 4 at Blackfriars.

Last night coming home was the first time felt freaked out by it all. I was standing in the carriage look at all the backpacks and got a bit spooked.

 

[virgirlo]

perhaps i am being a bit overboard with my concerns. i know that within time things will get back to normality. (unless another bomb goes off!!) but when you think how close you were to being involved in the incident it makes you think! i was late getting to work on the morning of 7/7 and was at Highbury and Islington when the 'powersurge' took place. To find out two hours later that a bomb exploded one stop up the line from you is very unnerving!

 

[Robbie G]

The extra police today would be due to the Transport Police being on high alert

BBC article today...

BBC Article

 

[Lokki 7]

An indian friend of mine who is rather portly and fond of wearing dark baggy clothes now finds that instead of standing for the duration of his northern line journey, he gets a whole carraige to himself.

 

[Scoffers]

Having worked in London through the IRA bombs, and now the Terrorist attacks, I can say that whilst of course, I am naturally nervous about travelling to and within London, you cannot allow such criminal activities to run your life.

It makes sense to decide not to enter a certain tube train because you notice something strange, so you might wait for the next train, or catch a bus, or even walk, but your chances of getting caught up in such an atrocity is still remote, given the vastness of the network.

London will still be a vibrant city, long after the terrorists have gone, you can be sure of that.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

perhaps i am being a bit overboard with my concerns. i know that within time things will get back to normality. (unless another bomb goes off!!) but when you think how close you were to being involved in the incident it makes you think! i was late getting to work on the morning of 7/7 and was at Highbury and Islington when the 'powersurge' took place. To find out two hours later that a bomb exploded one stop up the line from you is very unnerving!

Shit. Glad you're ok

 

[virgirlo]

Shit. Glad you're ok

thanks sweety

i think i will still brave the train trips from london bridge to preston park though!!!

xxx

 

[keaton]

The people who travel on public transport in places like Israel are far more likely to suffer an attack, than we are, and have dealt with the far more substantial risk every day for years.
I can honestly say i have not behaved differently in any way in the last two three weeks of the commute.
I am far more likely to be killed by some twat looking for a fight, a drunk driver or a derailment caused by rail companies cutting costs than i am by a terrorist.

 

[rool]

Just out of interest, is there any noticable reduction of the numbers of people using the undergrounds?

 

[keaton]

Just out of interest, is there any noticable reduction of the numbers of people using the undergrounds?

I'd say yes but it's difficult to know really as loads of lines are closed so there's fewer tubes

 

[eastlondonseagull]

thanks sweety

i think i will still brave the train trips from london bridge to preston park though!!!

xxx

You'd bloody better

 

[virgirlo]

Just out of interest, is there any noticable reduction of the numbers of people using the undergrounds?

well what with the school holidays beginning it is hard to say. but i can definitely say that the bus is taking longer as more people are using it compared to tubes, and less people are sitting on the top deck of buses.

 

[Strike]

Yeah, I am not going to let bombs stop me getting about and as Albion Dan and ELS said, I am just going to be more wary and slightly nervous of traveling by rail or tube to Albion games. There is more chance of getting killed by driving a motorbike.

 

[Scoffers]

I haven't noticed much difference in the tubes, but I don't use them every day. The train up from Brighton this morning seemed half empty though, not sure why, maybe people are taking sickies on a Thursday now !

 

[London Calling]

Isn't there about 3 billion bus journeys a year.

Personally I have just got on with it and being in Hackney I have faced the odd bomb scare or two. As I said on another post catching the 254 through south Hackney, Bethnal Green, Whitechaple to Aldgate and return hit home and it did a minor tour of east london related bomb incidents.

But I have to say the atmoshpere on the buses didn't seem to be any different than usual.


LC

 

[swindonseagull]

this made me giggle.. it shows British resiliance.....