Charlton train chaos Boxing day

[MissGull]

People work on Christmas Day, but no trains then. I see how it's very different?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

People work on Christmas Day, but no trains then. I see how it's very different?

? So, using your argument to its logical conclusion shall we dispense with trains completely?

 

[MissGull]

No I'm just curious as to why everyone needs trains on Boxing Day?

 

[Brovion]

Other than going to the football, I can't think of any reason many people would need the train on Boxing Day?

**** me are you serious? People need to get to work (not everyone's on holiday), visit other friends/relatives, get home from spending Christmas Day with friends/relatives (in time for work the next day), go to the Boxing Day sales, there are loads of reasons. Surprisingly it's not a question of either going to football or vegging out in front of the TV.

 

[Luke93]

Pointless thread. This happens every year. Please take note for future reference.

 

[MissGull]

Ok, I get that, but if half the network is usually shut down over Christmas, I can't see what's so different this year and how if people are so reliant on the service, how people have coped in the past?

 

[fataddick]

It is laughable and no other country (except Ireland) doesn't run trains on Boxing Day, afaik. It would be a real busy day on them if they ran, but as said we Brits have got used to the closure, even though it's far more anachronistic (Boxing Day is arguably the biggest day of the year for shopping and sporting events) than the long abolished afternoon and 11pm pub closure, for example. The only benefit of continued Boxing Day transport closure is it's the single biggest fact that blows EDL bullshit about UK Islamisation out of the water. Even Papal Italy isn't enough of a Christian-controlled state to not run trains on Dec 26th!

 

[Brovion]

Ok, I get that, but if half the network is usually shut down over Christmas, I can't see what's so different this year and how if people are so reliant on the service, how people have coped in the past?

People drive. However there used to be trains in the past, even on Christmas Day, but that's not the point. You said apart from football you couldn't see why people used trains on Boxing Day which was, with respect, a spectacularly ignorant thing to say.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

When do the Tube drivers announce they won't be working on Boxing Day because TfL isn't paying a hefty attendance bonus ?

 

[Mtoto]

Thanks. Won't need it to go to Charlton sadly but definitely will on the way back from Kempton Park (another thing lots of people do on Boxing Day. Can get to East Croydon and that service had been a godsend in recent years.