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Re:Lies on the London Underground [video] by CaptainZapp on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @10:06AM (#5712033)
When I was in London for Sybase training (middle, late 90s) I actually preferred a 45 minute bus ride to those 15 minutes of horror, which is London Underground during rush hour.

I definitely arrived in better shape and with a better attitude.

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Re:Lies on the London Underground [video] by archon on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @11:12AM (#5712497)
> those 15 minutes of horror, which is London Underground during rush hour.

I recently visited my girlfriend who is studying abroad in the UK and I was dumb enough to arrive in London at 7 AM on a week day and take the tube from Zone 1 to Zone 4. Never again.

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Re:Lies on the London Underground [video] by njs12345 on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @11:56AM (#5712809)
Do you mean from Zone 6 (Heathrow) to Zone 1? The other way round is probably not too bad at 7AM :)
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Re:Lies on the London Underground [video] by albinoloverats on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @12:22PM (#5713027)
Not if he arrived via train.
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Re:Lies on the London Underground [video] by archon on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:50PM (#5713608)
We did. We took a sleeper train (first mistake) from Edinburgh to London and arrived at 7am, then had to take the tube out to our hostel in Zone 4.
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Re:Lies on the London Underground [video] by claudius on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @02:39PM (#5713897)
I have to admit I always found the London Underground (or public transport in general) to be a rather pleasant endeavour, at least if I didn't want to get anywhere. People were slow, but friendly.
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