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We could try upselling the Jelly Banquet to you. But seriously, does it need it? UCL. 8pm-3am. Gower St, WC1. £5.

Annie, the angel of good Norwegian pop - no, really good - comes to Proud. 7pm. Chalk Farm Rd, NW1. £6-£8.

The Living Dance Studio blends theatre & dance for sociaopolitical comment. QEH. 7:45pm. Belvedere Rd, SE1. £12-£20.

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night gets a dose of Bollywood magic. Rich Mix. 7:30pm. 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, E1. £10.

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January 15, 2007

Ever Wished For More Hours In The Day?

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First Capital Connect, wordy if not worthy inheritors of the Thameslink franchise, vowed to increase capacity and performance when they took on the route in 2005. And, God bless them, they've tackled the problem with refreshing imagination. Running the trains on a 26-hour clock is a stroke of genius. Unable to increase their rolling stock, they've tweaked the Earth's rotational period to maximise the number of passengers per day.

Now, install some fricking Oyster readers beyond Kentish Town, you time-meddling dastards.


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Comments (10)

25:08 and 25:52 implies at least a 26-hour clock, not a 25-hour clock. Funny anyway, though. :-)

 

Good point, Jan.

I'll pop in and alter it.

 

I've seen 24xx times on First Capital Connect displays before - 25xx is a new one on me. I guess it's because I live in Tulse Hill - and we don't get the option of trains that late...

 

Yeah, why is that? Thameslinky-capital connect services to Tulse hill seem to stop in the early evening compared to other places!!

 

I have no idea... but it's unfair... or a concerted plan to force me onto the N2 with depressing frequency.

 

On the Northern line platform at Euston the other week, the first train was due to arrive in three minutes, the second in two minutes. I thought that was wonderful but sadly couldn't get my camera out of my bag in time to get photographic proof.

TFL: Just as incompetent as the train companies.

 

I think it might be the *year* of arrival, not the time, sadly ;(

 

just thought id ask, when u got off the train from the airport to the station in the city, do the smiling black men still give icecream?

it tasted like shit and so did your polluted air.

girls were hot

 

Hey,

Seeing as I live at St Albans i always see late trains as Thameslink operated under a 24hr TT. But 25hr is just funny :P

 

My favorite is when a computer apologises to me in person.

"I'm sorry but the (insert train here!) is delayed by 20 minutes".

Your sorry? Did they manage to install emotion chips in computers now? Can it really feel remorse?

Amazing. So thats what South Eastern trains have been doing with all their money and time!

 
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