MUSE concert at Wembley

Those of you lucky enough to have gone to this concert yesterday, will
know of the pathetic attempts by LU to get the crowds away in a timely
manner. Doesn't bode well for the Olymics, does it?

Amongst other things, Jubilee was closed from Wembley Park to Stanmore,
the Met seemed to be shutdown altogether; Bakerloo from Wembley Central
ran the last train and left thousands of people milling about wondering
what to do next.

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aroojequ wrote:
> Those of you lucky enough to have gone to this concert yesterday, will
> know of the pathetic attempts by LU to get the crowds away in a timely
> manner. Doesn't bode well for the Olymics, does it?
>
> Amongst other things, Jubilee was closed from Wembley Park to
> Stanmore, the Met seemed to be shutdown altogether; Bakerloo from
> Wembley Central ran the last train and left thousands of people
> milling about wondering what to do next.

On the other hand, Chiltern Railways were doing a phenomenal job getting the
crowds away from Wembley Stadium in both directions. Services from
Marylebone were enhanced by additional trains ex-Wembley Light Maintenance
Depot, where additional stock had been gathered, running in six and
seven-car formations to High Wycombe or Aylesbury, between the timetabled
services. Additionally, stock was being run into the turnback siding and
back into the up platform to provide additional seven-coach trains into
Marylebone. All very efficiently handled, with crowds segregated immediately
that they left the stadium approach road. I left the stadium at 22:05 and
was on a train heading north at 22:19. No complaints whatsoever.

craig.richmond@virgin.net wrote:
> "Michael Hoffman" <cam.ac.uk@mh391.invalid> wrote in message
> news:f55o5q$pd3$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
>> aroojequ wrote:
>>> Bakerloo from Wembley Central ran the last train and left thousands
>>> of people milling about wondering what to do next.
>>
>> What did they do?
>
> Well what were they meant to do with the Bakerloo line keep it open all
> night?

That's your question, not mine. I'm asking what the "thousands of people
milling about" ended up doing to get home.
--
Michael Hoffman

On Jun 18, 3:10 pm, "Jack Taylor" <J...@Carney.co.uk> wrote:
> aroojequ wrote:
> > Those of you lucky enough to have gone to this concert yesterday, will
> > know of the pathetic attempts by LU to get the crowds away in a timely
> > manner. Doesn't bode well for the Olymics, does it?
>
> > Amongst other things, Jubilee was closed from Wembley Park to
> > Stanmore, the Met seemed to be shutdown altogether; Bakerloo from
> > Wembley Central ran the last train and left thousands of people
> > milling about wondering what to do next.
>
> On the other hand, Chiltern Railways were doing a phenomenal job getting the
> crowds away from Wembley Stadium in both directions. Services from
> Marylebone were enhanced by additional trains ex-Wembley Light Maintenance
> Depot, where additional stock had been gathered, running in six and
> seven-car formations to High Wycombe or Aylesbury, between the timetabled
> services. Additionally, stock was being run into the turnback siding and
> back into the up platform to provide additional seven-coach trains into
> Marylebone. All very efficiently handled, with crowds segregated immediately
> that they left the stadium approach road. I left the stadium at 22:05 and
> was on a train heading north at 22:19. No complaints whatsoever.



LUL organised extra Jubilee and Bakerloo line trains at the north end
of the lines and over 60 buses were drafted in to run to Golders Green
and Baker Street (not bad for a Sunday night!). The Met line Service
Control also have a very good working relationship with Chiltern so
this came in handy too!

I expect the Scaffold Contractors will now have lots of paperwork to
do!

>From the text messages I was getting regarding the incident, I think
LUL did a very good job, and provided a good little test for when
there is a big football crowd!

craig.richmond@virgin.net wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what time the scaffolding was eventually moved?

A warning announcement was made within the stadium at about 19:30 that there
was no southbound Metropolitan line and that an update would be issued at
the end of the concert. As promised, at just after 22:00, fans were advised
that there was still no southbound Met and passengers were advised to make
alternative arrangements, travelling via Wembley Central and Wembley Stadium
if possible or by using the Jubilee line.

aroojequ wrote:
> Those of you lucky enough to have gone to this concert yesterday, will
> know of the pathetic attempts by LU to get the crowds away in a timely
> manner. Doesn't bode well for the Olymics, does it?
>
The one thing you neglect to mention is that the concert actually
overran, due to a late start as a result of flooding, and didn't
actually finish 'til around 22:45.

Net result: When I got to Baker Street on my way home from work, at
around 23:00, I couldn't board an Eastbound service as they were all
full and standing...

Cheers,

Barry

The Jubilee's engineering works between Stanmore and Wembley Park
meant that there was a reduced service, as trains could only reverse
at Wembley Park itself. Those engineering works were planned and
booked before the Muse concert, according to TFL, and there was no way
of cancelling them once they found out about the concert.