London ready for 2012

[Noldi]

Heathrow T5 has big posters announcing that it's ready for the Olympic games. Well tonight they had 2 passport control desks open and a que that took me nearly 1 hour to pass the border. Sounds like they are well ready for the event.

Rant over.

Noldi

 

[Mr Smggles]

Heathrow T5 has big posters announcing that it's ready for the Olympic games. Well tonight they had 2 passport control desks open and a que that took me nearly 1 hour to pass the border. Sounds like they are well ready for the event.

Rant over.

Noldi

But they would, of course, have more open during the Olympics as there will be a higher number of people coming through the checks

 

[mona]

Shambolic over-rated city with a terrible transport system.
Discuss. (that's London not Brighton)

 

[Noldi]

But they would, of course, have more open during the Olympics as there will be a higher number of people coming through the checks

So they are no ready yet then ? as declared on all the posters or are they only ready for a few weeks then back to normal service.

Noldi

 

[Common as Mook]

The main artery to the Olympic stadium, the Jubilee Line, has been a pigging shambles since Christmas. So in answer to the original question : NO.

 

[teaboy]

Brighton certainly isn't ready for league football yet. I tried to go to the ground - no trains. No buses. No park and ride either. So I walked and when I finally got to the Amex it was closed and I couldn't get in. Who cares if it was in the middle of the night on a non-match day. Suitable for football my arse! Sounds like they are well ready for the event.

Rant over.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

You just KNOW the Olympics transport arrangements will majorly upfuck, then they'll spend the next eighteen months holding post mortems into what went wrong.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

They need to sort out the buses, they appear to be spontaneously combusting... this happened this morning just outside by my house

Luckily no one hurt

 

[Tazman]

During the Olympics, due to the increased traffic on M25, the emergency services are being ordered to clear all accidents within 30mins. Sounds good to me, however, several studies have shown that if the 30 mins threshold is broken, the ensuing build up on M25 and within the M25 (vehicles seeking alternate routes) could cause so much congestion which is feared would take 2 days to clear!

 

[seagullondon]

The main artery to the Olympic stadium, the Jubilee Line, has been a pigging shambles since Christmas. So in answer to the original question : NO.

Aye, the Jubilee line is a nightmare! Bound to be a few problems at some point during the Olympics!

 

[seagullondon]

They need to sort out the buses, they appear to be spontaneously combusting... this happened this morning just outside by my house

Luckily no one hurt

What is this about cake on the tree

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Not looking forward to my usual commute during the Olympics - they are predicting London Bridge to get the worst of it, though I'm not sure if they mean the mainline or tube. I may well end up working at home for 2 weeks.