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Post by N230UD on Mar 19, 2020 17:09:22 GMT
Ensignbus have announced a skeleton service, and their statement certainly sounds like they are struggling. If an exceptional operator like Ensign are struggling, I dread to think of the effect on even smaller operators. I hope they get support.
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Post by Pilot on Mar 19, 2020 17:09:44 GMT
At first I was concerned about virus, then about economy, but now I am leaning on being most concerned about potential riots come Monday...I am not gonna lie I already saw 40% of kids outdoors not in schoool just hanging about, riding bicycles in the middle of the road just looking for trouble...they love this kind of thing. Closing schools was bad call and they'll realize that soon enough but hope I am wrong.
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Post by SILENCED on Mar 19, 2020 17:32:14 GMT
At first I was concerned about virus, then about economy, but now I am leaning on being most concerned about potential riots come Monday...I am not gonna lie I already saw 40% of kids outdoors not in schoool just hanging about, riding bicycles in the middle of the road just looking for trouble...they love this kind of thing. Closing schools was bad call and they'll realize that soon enough but hope I am wrong. Way I look at it, had to queue for hour and a half for checkouts in a packed supermarket for very little food, with 100s of strangers ... now going down the pub to meet maximum 2 dozen people you see on a regular basis seem incredibly low risk of the 2 options. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 19:47:30 GMT
Sky News leaking this, it will create more panic buying. They are reporting transport could be restricted to Key Workers from the weekend and London will be in lockdown with shops closing. I have grown to seriously dislike, and actually distrust Sky. They are a commercial news outlet , so have an interest in scaremongering to grab viewers in, and then, lo and behold .. “Advertisement break”.... In past crisis a key worker, probably used to be a NHS, Fire Brigade, Police , Ambulance etc. Now, key worker is a food delivery driver. I said a while back these food delivery firms need to be managed by the government so deliveries can be made to quarantined areas. not that there are any quarantined areas yet, but it’s an option. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 20:53:55 GMT
I'm down to a bottle of milk, no bread, no potatoes and a pretty empty freezer!
Something really needs to be done to sort out the panic buying. Other countries seem to be managing this much better.
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Post by 700101 on Mar 19, 2020 20:57:26 GMT
GTR will be doing the following;
Gatwick Express will drop to every 30 minutes between Victoria - Brighton, Via Gatwick, the Victoria - Gatwick shuttles will not run.
Other service groups will drop to a Saturday service in the coming weeks,
More changes may have to be made after to match demand
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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 19, 2020 21:06:53 GMT
I can imagine all the elderly folk coming on the twice-weekly 969 to Asda only to find they can't get anything
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Post by vjaska on Mar 19, 2020 22:08:07 GMT
I should hope the government implement their rumoured lockdown sometime on Friday afternoon, don't want the "me me me" folk to continue ignoring government advice and carrying on with their Friday night cocaine fuelled parties and risk further spread... On a transport related note, if all TfL services get suspended, could some buses be re-deployed elsewhere and perhaps used to create special services for emergency service/health workers connecting hospitals & police stations for example. I would assume these services would definitely need a police presence on them though.  Does Italy prove that a lockdown works ... they have one in place and currently the worse stats ... looking at Italy in isolation would say that is not the way to go. Italy wasn’t the only place to do a lockdown - the Asian countries moved quickly to lockdown areas as quickly as possible and warned European countries & USA to do the same which was ignored as by time Italy implemented their lockdown, it was too late. The UK has equally been indecisive and we are starting to see the curve growing as a result. |
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Post by richard on Mar 19, 2020 22:46:00 GMT
I'm down to a bottle of milk, no bread, no potatoes and a pretty empty freezer! Something really needs to be done to sort out the panic buying. Other countries seem to be managing this much better. Same for me my fridge is pretty much empty. The people panic buying are really arrogant not thinking about anyone else |
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Post by richard on Mar 19, 2020 23:14:01 GMT
Overground timetable from Monday
3tph Stratford - Richmond
3tph Stratford - Clapham Jn
On the ELL all New Cross trains are cancelled.
West Anglia - 2tph to Enfield Town all day (no peak extras)
No change to Goblin / DC at present.
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Post by george on Mar 19, 2020 23:36:28 GMT
The Jubilee line was still fairly busy but not packed, I think it may calm down a bit from tomorrow The national rail trains from Waterloo was very quiet though.
Let me just make it clear that I have to use the tube for work purposes as I work on the Underground and I'm not going out there to make any non essential or leisure trips. Despite being tough it does feel good knowing that having these stations open are helping the brilliant NHS and other key workers out there 🙏
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Post by vjaska on Mar 19, 2020 23:52:35 GMT
What this pandemic has shown me is that society in general and as a whole is trash in that:
the elderly have become a disposable commodity that apparently we can play around with to the point, we can rob, kick & push them out of the way for our own greed or simply play around with their lives
that NHS staff lives are being put in grave danger by the dithering of the government leaving them without the tools needed to save lives as well as look after their own life in the process
the greed of younger people as well as the ignorance that because it's not very effective to them, they can do what they want potentially putting vulnerable people at risk
the non recognition (as usual) of transport workers, emergency service personnel & supermarket staff who are currently holding the country together - as a supermarket worker myself, we are viewed even in normal times as akin to slaves by the general public and companies and can be walked all over without any sort of reaction
To those in the minority who have done something good, well done to you but just a shame others don't take note!!!
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Post by richard on Mar 20, 2020 10:20:18 GMT
LOTS have reported that the X68 and all weekend only night routes will not run. All normal night route will run as normal.
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Post by Green Kitten on Mar 20, 2020 12:06:23 GMT
Positive reminder - we will get through this! So many people on the internet focusing on the worst. Twitter is particularly awful, so many fearmongering tweets. Try not to focus on the negative news, get a good dose of positives too. Antivirals and vaccine trials are progressing well with some effective treatments being tested out. Ventilator prototypes have been made with the intention of producing thousands for those who get serious symptoms and need them for treatment. A good resource which has helped me to stay more grounded on this serious issue:- www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/fj2y1a/lets_post_good_news_on_the_coronavirus_here/It's almost certain that there's more cases than what's shown on Worldometer, due to the lack of tests, and the fact that the symptoms are mild for most. Therefore it seems that the death rate is much lower than the WHO's 3.4% estimate (n.b. swine flu also had high death rate predictions when the outbreak was beginning). We are all in this together. Except for panic bulk buyers, they can eff off. Selfish pricks. |
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 20, 2020 12:56:24 GMT
Transport workers have now been listed as one of the groups of "Key Workers", whose children will still be able to attend school from Monday 23rd March if they cannot be cared for at home. Source: BBC News website www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51972793 |
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