A transport of delight

Re my previous post, I suppose in a way the signs in the market don't matter too much - after all, there's no-one there to read them...

I've been perturbed lately by the difficulty I've been having getting from Greenwich to Canary Wharf (I know it's pathetic but I can't survive without Waitrose). The Docklands Light Railway seems to be always out of action, but until now I've not really understood why. Well folks, it's planned maintenance. As opposed to unplanned maintenance?

I took a look at TfL's website and unearthed a "Planned Works on DLR" page. To save the more busy taking a look, here's the gist (my italics for emphasis):-

To allow DLR to meet passenger growth, construction work is taking place on the railway until early 2010. At times you may experience disruptions to services, but these will be kept to a minimum whenever possible.

The majority of this work is being carried out during weekends and at night... In addition, passengers who use DLR during weekdays will also experience some disruptions with service changes through West India Quay, reduced services between Crossharbour and Lewisham during the summer of 2008 and temporary closure of Tower Gateway station for 9 months from summer 2008.

I'm sure you'll be delighted to know that they plan to provide no service to Cutty Sark station on the weekends of the 12th to 13th July, 26th to 27th July, 24th to 25th August, and 6th to 7th September. That's in addition to unplanned planned closures like there were last Friday.

It's so hard for visitors to get to Greenwich now. Thank goodness they haven't ripped up the pier to put off river travellers - oh hang on...