Parson's Green

[Racing roadkill]

As such an irregular tube user I was more worried by the fact I had no idea where Parsons Green was or which line it was on.

Actually I didn't even know there was a station called Parsons Green.

Which is why I find it odd that anyone would plan to attack it.

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

Which is why I find it odd that anyone would plan to attack it.

Parson's Green is only three stops from Earl's Court, which is a much bigger and busier station where other branches of the District Line and The Piccadilly Line all interchange. Had it gone off there today there would have been far more disruption to the network (although your pub meet would have been ok). If one had to guess and if the device was on a timer, then it wouldn't be unseasonable to assume Earl's Court was the intended target and it just went of a few minutes early (or the train was a few minutes late).

 

[Dec66]

Which is why I find it odd that anyone would plan to attack it.

Maybe they were disgruntled about the Sloaney Pony's bar tariffs?

In which case I'm surprised they didn't have a go at Putney Bridge, and the nearby Duke's Head.

 

[DaveReading]

Which is why I find it odd that anyone would plan to attack it.

The bomb was on a train, and detonated on a timer. The whole point of a train is to move from one station to another.

That hardly sounds like a plan to attack a particular station.

 

[Hill Wimp]

The bomb was on a train, and detonated on a timer. The whole point of a train is to move from one station to another.

That hardly sounds like a plan to attack a particular station.

It is if they know what time the train is due in at a particular station.

 

[DaveReading]

It is if they know what time the train is due in at a particular station.

I think you're crediting the perpetrator with more planning ability than they would appear to possess.

 

[Markymark]

I would assume the bomb was sufficient to kill or maim everyone in the single carriage only. At which point it makes no odds where it is if you sssune the carriage was full during rush hour.

 

[ianrauk]

As such an irregular tube user I was more worried by the fact I had no idea where Parsons Green was or which line it was on.

Actually I didn't even know there was a station called Parsons Green.

I lived in Parsons Green for a few years. In all but nane it's Fulham.

 

[growingvegetables]

Oh dear

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Much prefer "... I'm round the corner and the kettle's on."

 

[Dayvo]

I lived in Parsons Green for a few years. In all but nane it's Fulham.

My sister lived there in the '80s, next door to 'Dirty Den.'

 

[Crackle]

My son used to use Parsons green pretty often. He cycles now. I know which one I worry about more and in truth, it's all fairly low on the worry scale.

 

[Katherine]

It is very lucky that the bomb failed to detonate properly and there wasn't a larger incident.
My brother was on the train. He says he'll be back on the train next week.

 

[mustang1]

I see the government's broken out in the old cobra meeting. And the media is harping on about police cuts.

 

[Inertia]

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[Hill Wimp]

I think you're crediting the perpetrator with more planning ability than they would appear to possess.

I don't think you are crediting them with enough. Parsons Green at that time of the morning is busy a few minutes later and Earls Court as has already been stated would have been rammed. Their timing may have been spot on, their timing equipment however may not have been.