Originally Posted by
ijgordon
What kind of "tickets" does one have for the Liz Line anyway though? Can you even get a paper ticket or destination/route-specific barcode?
It's the usual cop-out used by TfL whenever there is disruption on any line, i.e. every day. For instance, right now on the Jubilee Line: "
Jubilee Line: Severe delays while the service recovers from a late finish to engineering work at Dollis Hill. London Underground tickets will be accepted on local bus services, C2C, Elizabeth line and DLR.".
Obviously, try and go to any tube station barrier, or bus, or tram and say to the staff that you've already tapped in.... they'll have none of it.
Originally Posted by
aristoph
On a more serious note, the unreliability of the Elizabeth line is becoming a bit of an issue.
I commute daily using it, from Liverpool Street to Tottenham Court Road so just two stops. When it works it is amazing, frequent service and fast, but the incidence of total suspension of the line is now a real concern. Last night I sat on a train at TCR for 10 mins before we were all told to find alternative routes due to broken down trains at Canary Wharf; Farrngdon and Paddington, according to the announcements! This morning I didn’t even try to use it because the app warned of 100% cancellations due to signal failure at TCR. And this evening there were severe delays on the line again on my way home.
When it is down it is down. It’s not like the tube lines, where faults can mean longer intervals between trains - on the Elizabeth line it means everyone needs to get off. A few weeks ago on my way to work I thought I would sit it out and eventually a platform manager came and told me that it could be SEVERAL HOURS before they resumed any service following a broken down train as the entire timetable had now been thrown out.
Unfortunately it is starting to feel like Elizabeth Line has just imported the problems of the national rail network into central London. I certainly would always check to see if it is working and would advise anyone travelling to LHR on it to leave time for a contingency re-routing.
I'd argue that the Lizzy line is simply getting on par with the rest of mass transit lines in London. Occasionally working.