Large sporting events have to put a transport plan in place. Often this includes shutting the nearest tube station and making people walk to the next one as means of dispersal
Winter Wonderland, don’t give a fuck, head down to this tiny station
> “Secondly, and perhaps even more importantly, was the staggering levels of criminal and anti-social behaviour. The number of fare evaders we had was in the many thousands. We literally had to watch groups of dozens of people just busting through the gates and there was nothing we could do to stop that.
> “Youngsters jumping over the gates, crawling under the gates and storming through the [temporary] gates we had in place for the one-way system was common practice.
> “The number of individuals vaping in the ticket hall and on the platform was ridiculous, and I’ve lost count of the number of times I had to make a polite remark to [ask] them to stop.
> “What made it even worse was the fact [that] after asking these people to stop behaving obnoxiously, they would laugh in your face, start swearing at you and threaten to assault you.”
Sounds like Winter Wonderland attracts a really delightful crowd
This is what I always say when out of towners complain Londoners are too antsy with 7 or 8 min delays, central London is so crowded as is, with a few mins of delays it can get dangerous.
Cramming into one station from WW sounds like hell.
a few years ago I worked a shift as a tfl ambassador at Knightsbridge station while winterland was on. Between that and people going to selfridges the station was rammed.
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Large sporting events have to put a transport plan in place. Often this includes shutting the nearest tube station and making people walk to the next one as means of dispersal
Winter Wonderland, don’t give a fuck, head down to this tiny station
> “Secondly, and perhaps even more importantly, was the staggering levels of criminal and anti-social behaviour. The number of fare evaders we had was in the many thousands. We literally had to watch groups of dozens of people just busting through the gates and there was nothing we could do to stop that.
> “Youngsters jumping over the gates, crawling under the gates and storming through the [temporary] gates we had in place for the one-way system was common practice.
> “The number of individuals vaping in the ticket hall and on the platform was ridiculous, and I’ve lost count of the number of times I had to make a polite remark to [ask] them to stop.
> “What made it even worse was the fact [that] after asking these people to stop behaving obnoxiously, they would laugh in your face, start swearing at you and threaten to assault you.”
Sounds like Winter Wonderland attracts a really delightful crowd
This is what I always say when out of towners complain Londoners are too antsy with 7 or 8 min delays, central London is so crowded as is, with a few mins of delays it can get dangerous.
Cramming into one station from WW sounds like hell.
a few years ago I worked a shift as a tfl ambassador at Knightsbridge station while winterland was on. Between that and people going to selfridges the station was rammed.