Central Line closure from 1700 21/07/22

[Mojo]

I've generally noticed a pretty wonky/uneven service on the central line recently. Often 5-10 minute gaps at Stratford; which at busier times leads to very very busy trains. Is this related to staffing issues? I rarely noticed this a cpl years ago.

That will be because of the odd train having been cancelled which could be for a variety of reasons including non-availability of train operator or defective train, rather than the nature of this thread which is non-availability of service control staff.

 

[bramling]

I noticed the Central Line was showing severe delays today due to shortage of control room staff, nobody wanting to work the weekend?

I believe they were running a special yesterday. I made a brief journey yesterday evening and through town it seemed to be only Ealing-Hainault services, which weren’t evenly spaced at all - it was something like 4 mins, 8 mins and 20 mins when I turned up. For my return journey I decided to use a different route.

I wonder if TFL has now ditched any attempt at pretending to be “world class”?!