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    From boltar@boltar@caprica.universe to uk.transport.london on Sun May 31 15:49:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.transport.london

    We made the mistake of going up to london on the same day as the football
    apes going to celebrate arsenal losing yesterday, or whatever. Naturally
    TfL closed a whole load of stations including finsbury park with sod all information on the tube status page. We didn't find out about it until we
    were on a victoria line train when we could have taken a non tube route
    home instead.

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  • From Recliner@recliner.usenet@gmail.com to uk.transport.london on Sun May 31 20:39:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.transport.london

    <boltar@caprica.universe> wrote:
    We made the mistake of going up to london on the same day as the football apes going to celebrate arsenal losing yesterday, or whatever. Naturally
    TfL closed a whole load of stations including finsbury park with sod all information on the tube status page. We didn't find out about it until we were on a victoria line train when we could have taken a non tube route
    home instead.


    The TfL newsletter had said:

    From 14:00 until 16:00 on Sunday 31 May, an Arsenal victory parade will
    take place, starting and finishing at the Emirates Stadium via Holloway
    Road, Seven Sisters Road, Blackstock Road, Green Lanes, Essex Road,
    Islington Green, Upper Street, Highbury Corner and back via Holloway Road.

    Extensive road closures and bus diversions will be in place along the event route, with extremely large crowds expected in addition to local traffic
    delays outside the parade route.

    Victoria, Piccadilly, Mildmay and Windrush line services are expected to be very busy. Some stations within the event area may operate as exit-only or close for periods before and after the parade to prevent overcrowding.
    Allow more time for your journey.

    To avoid queues, customers are advised to use alternative stations outside
    the immediate event area, such as Manor House, Archway, Angel or King's
    Cross St Pancras, where it will be quicker to board train services.

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  • From boltar@boltar@caprica.universe to uk.transport.london on Mon Jun 1 08:14:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.transport.london

    On Sun, 31 May 2026 20:39:44 GMT
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> gabbled:
    <boltar@caprica.universe> wrote:
    We made the mistake of going up to london on the same day as the football
    apes going to celebrate arsenal losing yesterday, or whatever. Naturally
    TfL closed a whole load of stations including finsbury park with sod all
    information on the tube status page. We didn't find out about it until we >> were on a victoria line train when we could have taken a non tube route
    home instead.


    The TfL newsletter had said:

    Ah , the TfL newsletter, of course, I must try and subscribe. And there was silly me thinking the "live" status page might have mentioned it at the time
    or maybe - god forbid - a station announcement being made to the same effect.


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