Maggie May Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 Twitter's going nuts at the moment that the Bakerloo line tunnel has collapsed under the River Thames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 TFL and BTP saying nothing is wrong and they're just attending to an obstruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 seen it on Twitter but not on any credible news site/station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soton7 Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 TfL deny 'tunnel collapse' "There is no tunnel collapse. There was a small defect in a tunnel wall, which was hit by a tube train - nobody has been hurt. Structural engineers are at the scene and they hope to get things moving in a couple of hours". http://www.itv.com/news/london/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 seen it on Twitter but not on any credible news site/station All the big guns; BBC, Telegraph etc were tweeting about it but TFL now denying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 Good job I chose Jubilee line this morning instead of Bakerloo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 A classic example of how the combination of a silly, unsubstantiated rumour and social media can feed the world completely wrong information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 A classic example of how the combination of a silly, unsubstantiated rumour and social media can feed the world completely wrong information. Apparently the source of the "oh noes, the tunnel's collapsed" rumour was the RMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 Apparently the source of the "oh noes, the tunnel's collapsed" rumour was the RMT RMT are blaming TfL for "a cavalier attitude to safety" on the exact day RMT memeber maintenance workers at Tfl are out on on strike........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 I haven't heard anything major about it, and I'm currently at work. Just a suspension. We are telling people to avoid the line though, except that one lady I didn't get on with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 RMT are blaming TfL for "a cavalier attitude to safety" on the exact day RMT memeber maintenance workers at Tfl are out on on strike........ But not on the Bakerloo line apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 RMT are blaming TfL for "a cavalier attitude to safety" on the exact day RMT memeber maintenance workers at Tfl are out on on strike........ BTF's right, It's the JNP TubeLines workers that are out on strike. (Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly) Nothing has happened so far, good service at the moment. London Underground has said in the past that, besides major problems, we can get through a few days without maintaining the track or trains - as evidenced during the 24 hour running on New Years Eves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 BTF's right, It's the JNP TubeLines workers that are out on strike. (Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly) Nothing has happened so far, good service at the moment. London Underground has said in the past that, besides major problems, we can get through a few days without maintaining the track or trains - as evidenced during the 24 hour running on New Years Eves. Im not saying they caused the problem, just that its in their interests to announce a press grabbing dramatic 'tunnel collapse' when maintenance workers have a grievance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 26 April, 2012 Share Posted 26 April, 2012 No collapse - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17853428 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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