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Re: Snow !
That's what irritates me about the UK. As I understand it, New York is no more likely to have snow than we are, but they are able to cope with several feet, while London struggles with a couple of inches.
Take my own experiences on that day if heavy snowfall, OK we *did* have the heaviest snowfall for 25 years, so I did expect trouble getting home. On reflection, I should have walked, but I made the mistake of believing the lies being peddled by the various transport company websites, and the national rail call centre.
I live in Greater London. 13 miles from the centre of London. On that first day, we lost all public transport to our town. Our station was closed due to a tree falling on the line (although oddly National Rail insisted it was open but suffering delays of up to half an hour). TFL stated we had a bus service running with delays, although the hour and a half I spent waiting at East Croydon (which is a major transport hub) without seeing one bus suggests otherwise.
The next day, the local rail station was still closed, but at least the national rail website was now saying it was closed.
Ultimately, our bus service was down for 48 hours. The train service was down for nearly a week (they actually restarted the service on the Monday after the Tuesday we had the snow). During that week, we had no indication of when (or even if) the station would re-open.
I'd still like to know why it took National Rail nearly a week to clear a fallen tree.
The worst part, however, was that the companies involved didn't seem to be giving their own staff any info, so the staff directed passengers to the various websites. This would have been a good thing, had the websites had the correct info.
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