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#EmptyLondon: London turns quiet during Olympic Games
We asked Guardian readers to tweet us with information about parts of London which would usually be busy but have been unusually quiet during the London 2012 Olympics (despite months of warnings from travel operators) - and found Londoners were enjoying lots of quiet patches!
Have you noticed how quiet the usually-busy parts of London are? Tweet your #EmptyLondon spots to @gdnLondon2012 for @lizzy_davies' report
@GdnLondon2012 notting hill was a ghosttown this morning, no londoners left in london! #emptylondon
@GdnLondon2012 @gdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies Old Kent Road. I've never seen it so quiet in 20 years of cycling to & from work.. #EmptyLondon
@GdnLondon2012 @gdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies Camden Lock was practically dead yesterday! http://pic.twitter.com/i8BzYL0W- Busy London squares were getting empty reports
@gdnlondon2012 Ah, wish I'd taken a photo now. Leicester Square was almost empty yesterday lunchtime. #emptylondon- No traffic:
@GdnLondon2012 @gdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies No traffic in Olympic Lanes between Victoria and Baker Street 8.15-8.40 yesterday or today.- Empty airports:
- The tube lines were also getting lots of empty reports and from those on the morning commute:
@GdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies Leicester Square tube station Saturday 1pm http://pic.twitter.com/cujRGvGn
@GdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies On Saturday AM I drove door-to-door from Bristol to Leytonstone via M4, M25, M11, A406 in 2.5 hours, no queues.
@GdnLondon2012 Took 30 minutes on tube from Tooting Broadway to Tufnell Park - usually at least 50 mins!
@GdnLondon2012 This was Holborn station Piccadilly line northbound at the beginning of afternoon rush hour yesterday http://pic.twitter.com/PbIRfkJX
@GdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies 10:20 to Shenfield via Stratford at 10:15, it did fill up a little, still had empty seats http://pic.twitter.com/tfyJ5LLl
@GdnLondon2012 below ground Bank tube may be busy but above ground the area is very quiet. Everyone heeded Boris' advice to " b*gger off"
@GdnLondon2012 @gdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies London Bridge Northern Line station yesterday at 5.45pm was the quietest I've ever seen it!- @GdnLondon2012 @gdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies Old Kent Road. I've never seen it so quiet in 20 years of cycling to & from work.. #EmptyLondon
@GdnLondon2012 tube this morning was empty, marylebone station was empty too...and the office is empty ! #EmptyLondon- @GdnLondon2012 @lizzy_davies 10:20 to Shenfield via Stratford at 10:15, it did fill up a little, still had empty seats http://pic.twitter.com/tfyJ5LLl
- @gdnlondon2012 and St.James Square at lunch and my commute Peckham to c. London is really quiet! #emptylondon
