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 Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Oh joy, TfL have just announced additional weekend closures on the Jubilee line.

Because the signalling upgrade which kicked off in 2007 still isn't finished.

And, apparently, there haven't been enough weekend closures already.

Jubilee line upgrade - weekend line closures
2007 08 Apr WePk→Stan  13 May CWhf→Stfd 10 Jun CWhf→Stfd 16 Jun WePk→Stan 23 Jun NGrn→Stfd 30 Jun WePk→Stan 19 Aug CWhf→Stfd 15 Sep NGrn→Stfd 22 Sep WePk→Stan 29 Sep WePk→Stan 06 Oct WePk→Stan 20 Oct NGrn→Stfd 27 Oct WePk→Stan 03 Nov WePk→Stan 10 Nov WePk→Stan 18 Nov WePk→Stan 24 Nov WePk→Stan 02 Dec CWhf→Stfd 08 Dec WePk→Stan 15 Dec WePk→Stan 16 Dec NGrn→Stfd 22 Dec WePk→Stan	2008 05 Jan GnPk→Stfd 06 Jan WePk→Stan 19 Jan GnPk→Stfd 26 Jan WePk→Stan 02 Feb Grn→Stfd 09 Feb WePk→Stan 16 Feb WePk→Stan 01 Mar NGrn→Stfd 08 Mar NGrn→Stfd 29 Mar NGrn→Stfd 26 Apr Grn→Stfd 10 May NGrn→Stfd 31 May NGrn→Stfd 07 Jun NGrn→Stfd 14 Jun NGrn→Stfd 21 Jun GnPk→NGrn 28 Jun NGrn→Stfd 05 Jul GnPk→NGrn 12 Jul NGrn→Stfd 19 Jul GnPk→Stfd 26 Jul NGrn→Stfd 03 Aug NGrn→Stfd 09 Aug NGrn→Stfd 10 Aug CWhf→Stfd 16 Aug GnPk→CWhf  24 Aug NGrn→Stfd 31 Aug GnPk→Stfd 07 Sep GnPk→Stfd 13 Sep NGrn→Stfd 14 Sep WePk→Stan 20 Sep CWhf→Stfd 27 Sep NGrn→Stfd 28 Sep WePk→Stan 04 Oct NGrn→Stfd 05 Oct Wloo→FiRd 11 Oct GnPk→Stfd 12 Oct Wloo→FiRd 18 Oct GnPk→Stfd 25 Oct NGrn→Stfd 01 Nov Wloo→Stan 08 Nov GnPk→Stfd 15 Nov Wloo→FiRd 22 Oct NGrn→Stfd 29 Nov Wloo→Stan 21 Dec NGrn→Stfd 27 Dec Stfd→Stan	2009 03 Jan GnPk→Stfd 10 Jan GnPk→Stfd 17 Jan Wloo→Stan 24 Jan Wloo→Stan 31 Jan GnPk→Stfd 07 Feb GnPk→Stfd 14 Feb Wloo→Stan 21 Feb Wloo→Stan 28 Feb GnPk→Stfd 21 Mar GnPk→Stfd 28 Mar GnPk→Stfd 11 Apr Neas→Stfd 18 Apr GnPk→Stfd 25 Apr GnPk→Stfd 02 May GnPk→Stfd 09 May LnBr→Stan 16 May Stfd→Stan 23 May LnBr→Stan 24 May NGrn→Stfd 30 May GnPk→Stfd 31 May GnPk→NGrn 06 Jun GnPk→Stfd 13 Jun Stfd→Stan 14 Jun GnPk→Stfd 20 Jun Stfd→Stan 21 Jun GnPk→Stfd 27 Jun Stfd→Stan 04 Jul GnPk→Stfd 05 Jul Stfd→Stan 11 Jul GnPk→Stfd 12 Jul Stfd→Stan 18 Jul WHmd→Stan 25 Jul Wloo→Stan 26 Jul Stfd→Stan 01 Aug Wloo→Stan 15 Aug GnPk→Stfd 16 Aug Stfd→Stan 22 Aug Stfd→Stan 30 Aug WHmd→Stan 05 Sep GnPk→Stfd 06 Sep Wloo→Stan 12 Sep Wloo→Stan 19 Sep Wloo→Stan 26 Sep Wloo→Stan 26 Sep NGrn→Stfd 03 Oct Wloo→Stan 03 Oct NGrn→Stfd 10 Oct Stfd→Stan 11 Oct WHmd→Stan 17 Oct Wloo→Stan 24 Oct Wloo→Stan 31 Oct Wloo→Stan 07 Nov Wloo→Stan 08 Nov WHmd→Stan 14 Nov Wloo→Stan 21 Nov Wloo→Stan 21 Nov NGrn→Stfd 28 Nov Wloo→Stan 05 Dec WHmd→Stan 12 Dec WHmd→Stan 19 Dec WHmd→Stan 26 Dec Stfd→Stan	2010 02 Jan Stfd→Stan 09 Jan Stfd→Stan 16 Jan WHmd→Stan 23 Jan WHmd→Stan 30 Jan GnPk→Stfd 06 Feb WHmd→Stan 20 Feb GnPk→Stfd 27 Feb WHmd→Stan 06 Mar GnPk→Stfd 13 Mar Stfd→Stan 20 Mar Wloo→Stan 27 Mar WHmd→Stan 03 Apr Stfd→Stan 17 Apr NGrn→Stfd 24 Apr Wloo→Stan 01 May Stfd→Stan 16 May Wloo→Stan 23 May WHmd→Stan 29 May Stfd→Stan 12 Jun Wloo→Stan 26 Jun Wloo→Stan 03 Jul GnPk→Stfd 24 Jul Stfd→Stan 31 Jul WHmd→Stan 01 Aug Stfd→Stan 07 Aug Wloo→Stan 14 Aug Wloo→Stan 21 Aug Wloo→Stan 29 Aug WePk→Stfd 04 Sep Wloo→Stan 11 Sep GnPk→Wloo 18 Sep GnPk→Wloo 25 Sep WHmd→Stan 02 Oct Stfd→Stan 23 Oct WHmd→Stan 30 Oct WHmd→Stan 14 Nov Stfd→Stan 20 Nov WHmd→Stan 27 Nov WHmd→Stan 04 Dec WHmd→Stan 11 Dec WHmd→Stan 27 Dec Stfd→Stan 2011 and more (probably)

It'll all be finished by 2009, they said. But it wasn't.

We need some additional weekend closures, they said... and then some more... and then some more. There have been more than 130 weekend closures so far, and apparently that's still not enough. The signalling still doesn't work properly, which is why even more weekend closures have been announced, right up to the end of the year (and almost certainly beyond).

I know the upgrade's proving technically difficult, that's blatantly obvious. And I know TfL are still trying to mop up the mess that infraco Tube Lines left them with. But how many times can a deadline slip before management start to look like idiots? And how much longer is this incredibly inconvenient list of closures going to get?

Having said that, the new signalling system is almost ready at the eastern end of the line, so there's scheduled to be a first public trial this weekend between Waterloo and Stratford only. Light at the end of the tunnel maybe?

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