When Dusan didnt get home until gone 7AM and he finished work at 1AM I knew I would have trouble getting to work. With London Buses (the entire network) completely suspended after several buses ran off the road and had accidents. So I made my way over to the DLR station. Normally I would consider taking a mainline train but they too were suspended. The good thing about the DLR is that they are driverless. Computers run the entire network and so you are not reliant on the drivers getting to work to operate a train.
Taking the stairs up to the DLR platform only to find it was heaving with people. The earliest service was 7 minutes away and then 17 minutes. There must have been at least 200 people on the platform so a stampeed started as soon as the the doors opened. By the next station there was no room at all. Platforms packed with people with not a chance to get on the already stuffed full train.
I managed to get to Bank and changed to get the Central Line to Bond Street. Bakerloo & Jubilee were both suspended so had no choice but to take the Central line.
Despite waiting 12 minutes for a service and then craming onboard. The train got stopped at most stations but after nearly an hour on a normal 10 minute journey I arrived at the office. Not only was I the only one in my team that made it, the class I had made the effort to attend had been cancelled due to the snow.
By 1045AM my boss (Ian) was on the phone seeing if I had made it and said I should make sure I dont get stuck. Not long after that they were putting emergency plans into place and all non emergency staff were being sent home. Emergency staff were being put into hotels over night and we are now battering down the hatches and prepared for the next snow storm thats just starting to hit!
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