iphone76
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I have just checked the NRE website about getting from Wickford to London on 22nd April to enjoy the London Marathon.
It seems that due to works on the line, there are no trains between Liverpool Street and Billericay/Ingatestone.
Would someone be able to confirm if this is correct (GA website only goes up to the weekend before). If true, it seems mad to shut the whole line down on one of London's main sporting days. When I've travelled up the past few years, the 8 carriage trains have been standing room only from Wickford in the morning.
I appreciate that works have to be done, but surely someone must have twigged this is going to cause hassle for thousands of people. I wonder if the buses will cope and how many they will need? If true, I will stay at home and watch it on TV rather than fight to get on a bus from Billericay all the way to Newbury Park then catch the tube.
What a shame.
It seems that due to works on the line, there are no trains between Liverpool Street and Billericay/Ingatestone.
Would someone be able to confirm if this is correct (GA website only goes up to the weekend before). If true, it seems mad to shut the whole line down on one of London's main sporting days. When I've travelled up the past few years, the 8 carriage trains have been standing room only from Wickford in the morning.
I appreciate that works have to be done, but surely someone must have twigged this is going to cause hassle for thousands of people. I wonder if the buses will cope and how many they will need? If true, I will stay at home and watch it on TV rather than fight to get on a bus from Billericay all the way to Newbury Park then catch the tube.
What a shame.