I am trying to put together a list of what Londoners or visitors to London find most annoying/stressful about travelling in London. I am also looking at what one initiative people would like to see launched to help?
2007-02-01 04:24:36 · 36 answers · asked by SpiceGirl 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
the most annoying thing for me is the transport, first of all its expensive, confusing and their service attitude sucks!!! cheers
2007-02-01 12:25:39 · answer #1 · answered by simplegal 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pretty well everything is annoying about travel in London.
The tubes are expensive and overcrowded, the taxis are expensive and the busses are slow because of the congested roads.
Car parking is ridiculously expensive on the street or in a car park.
Basically, it's because there are too many people in London. Has anyone any data on London population density compared with other major capital cities such as Berlin, Paris, Moscow, etc.?
2007-02-01 04:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most annoying thing about travelling in London is the Northern Line Tube. In spite of decades of works, repairs and fixings, the trains never seem to arrive.
How long is one minute down the Northern Line? Until the next train arrives - whenever that may be!!
Thank God I seldom ever have to use the Northern Line.
2007-02-02 00:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most annoying thing about travelling in London is the tube, and the most annoying thing about that changes daily but today it's people on the platform who stand in front of the open doors so you can't get off the train. Get out the way, dumba**es, and we'll all be on our way, but if you just stand there or try to push onto the train, we'll be here all day.
I know it would never, ever work in London, but in Tokyo they have a queuing system painted on the platform of the trains, and it's an absolute dream.
2007-02-02 00:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To a new tourist, travelling around London seems great. Tubes coming by all the time make it easy to navigate your way around that vast metropolis. Sweet and easy. Unfortunately, as soon as you start working, you realise how horrible it is travelling at the same time as the rest of the London multitudes.
1. Hot, sweaty and smelly people pushing and shoving to get on first.
2. There always seems to be a line that is undergoing repairs.
3. To change from one line to another, you sometimes need to walk from one station to another.
4. Unpunctual.
5. The constant "Mind the Gap" announcements are really annoying.
6. Broken ticket machines.
7. Dirty stations.
Yes, I have to agree with another Londoner who replied to this - the best way to travel is definitely on foot, if you can.
2007-02-03 21:01:02 · answer #5 · answered by wordwitty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Travelling in london is the most annoying thing about travelling in london.
Pick a method of transport. they are all pretty much the same. we need to start occupying manchester and birmingham. there are too many people in london. if you moved away some of the people to other cities there would be much less of a problem with transport in london.
2007-02-01 04:29:54 · answer #6 · answered by music 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trains are too overcrowded! The service isn't good, stations shutting all the time and delays.
Traffic in London is mad!
I think we need a tram system...I've seen it work well elsewhere, they're reliable don't get caught up in traffic either and it would spread the load from the trains.
I'm from London
2007-02-01 04:34:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the roads/infistructure were not built for the volume of trafic in london ,
personaly i think that we should trebble the congestion charge area and up the prices , spend the money on upgrading the public transport and people will save money /time by using it
also build a monorail down the side of the big river . think im crazy?
ive been to sydney where they have a monorail and doubble decker tubetrains
they utilise there space better because they care about the normal working people getting around easy
also there town is newer
they use the water to get around on more than us aswell
2007-02-01 21:23:27 · answer #8 · answered by ben s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the most irksome thing I find is people who occupy far more seat than they actually need by way of putting their feel up or a bags on the seat. I have no problem with this when there are not a lot of passengers, however on a crowded commuter bus it is always polite to offer up the extra seat, Remember that everybody else is tired and weary, It is even worse when people refuse to move or give up seats to accommodate the elderly or disabled. I also take exception to those who treat the bus like their child's playground, for the safety of themselves and other passengers keep your children seated.
2016-03-15 03:25:27 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
over congested roads with only one driver per car, tube travel in rush hour, the yearly ridiculous price rises when the quality of service doesn't rise at all. the danger of travelling on buses in particular at night.
an initiative? more people being allowed to work from home so the commute is less congested and london can be greener
2007-02-03 22:46:34 · answer #10 · answered by Jaime T 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Londoner and i cannot stand tourist, well, mostly tourists.
when you're trying to relax, sitting on the bus, and you're surrounded by ten or more Americans wearing tongs, shorts and singlets, sweating and saying arrogantly 'why are Brits so icy?', or even worse, when a class of Italian kids, here with a school trip, invades the underground shouting incomprehensibly and pushing all people toward the tracks... than in that situations I'd just kill them all but an American, just to tell him back 'that's the reason we Brits are so icy'.
2007-02-01 08:46:23 · answer #11 · answered by niglelmacinulty 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋