Up the Junction!

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Whilst LU plans to cut track maintenance on the Jubilee, during day one of the Olympic timetable, major junctions fail at Waterloo, London Bridge and Canary Wharf.

Some of us drivers thought it was such bad luck that it must have in fact been planned to test the new timetables’ resilience.

The truth is simpler. When cost is put on safety – and the cost is cut- then systems fail us, as demonstrated on Friday.

LU wants to reduce track maintenance. At the same time the new timetable means more trains are running over the track and faster too. Management action makes no sense unless you put a price on safety.

Tubeworker says the reason accidents on LU are rare is because of strict maintenance regimes. Let’s not let the bosses reduce them to see how much they can increase the risk in order to cut cost.

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