It seems Network Rail are in a bit of a mess

[Ernest]

Seemed to have made a right old mess of things and all improvements are being delayed or cancelled, bad news for the commuters amongst us

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

For such a small island we seem totally incapable of making our rail network non-shit for everyday use.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I see the17:40 from London Bridge to Littlehampton has already been cancelled today.

Reason "This train has been cancelled because of a member of train crew being unavailable " - so, 4 hours in advance they know that:

1. A key person is not in today
2. They are unable to replace them with 4 hours notice
[MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION]

 

[yxee]

If they are running late and over-budget it seems sensible to delay them, pending a change in chairman, and re-evaluate.

 

[Titanic]

I see the17:40 from London Bridge to Littlehampton has already been cancelled today.

Reason "This train has been cancelled because of a member of train crew being unavailable " - so, 4 hours in advance they know that:

1. A key person is not in today
2. They are unable to replace them with 4 hours notice
@Bozza

Impressive, even by Southern / London Bridge's pretty crappy standards!

 

[DavidRyder]

I'm assuming that, if the improvements aren't happening yet, my train fair rises (to pay for improvements) will not happen on Jan 1st?

 

[Guinness Boy]

I see the17:40 from London Bridge to Littlehampton has already been cancelled today.

Reason "This train has been cancelled because of a member of train crew being unavailable " - so, 4 hours in advance they know that:

1. A key person is not in today
2. They are unable to replace them with 4 hours notice
[MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION]

Just one of the reasons that Sussex Coast passengers are among the least satisfied in the country.

 

[happypig]

The answer seems simple to me: re-nationalise the railways, get in the feller that runs Swiss Railways and put him in charge

 

[Seasidesage]

The incompetence of senior management of virtually everything in this country never ceases to amaze me. Maybe we should stop appointing people from the same public schools and Oxbridge and start using people who actually know what they are doing?

Lions lead by donkey's indeed...

 

[yxee]

Some of the reasons for the problems:

Delays in planning permission from local authorities
Deficiencies in domestic supply chain

And you think nationalisation would fix this?

Quote from the speech in the commons:

"The truth is that much of the work should have been done decades ago."

 

[glasfryn]

The incompetence of senior management of virtually everything in this country never ceases to amaze me. Maybe we should stop appointing people from the same public schools and Oxbridge and start using people who actually know what they are doing?

Lions lead by donkey's indeed...

this in spadefulls
somebody really needs to get their act together

 

[Titanic]

Some of the reasons for the problems:

Delays in planning permission from local authorities
Deficiencies in domestic supply chain

And you think nationalisation would fix this?

Quote from the speech in the commons:

"The truth is that much of the work should have been done decades ago."

These are excuses not reasons. They are entirely predictable and manageable in the long run of these projects.

 

[Ernest]

Some bright spark worked out if you electrify large swathes of the railway you'll need lots of new electricity and where is that going to come from ? Of course this was realised half way through electrifying it

 

[Titanic]

Some bright spark worked out if you electrify large swathes of the railway you'll need lots of new electricity and where is that going to come from ? Of course this was realised half way through electrifying it

The Queen's offshore wind farms.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Thatcher STARVED the railways of investment year-on-year as a deliberate and typically vindictive matter of personal policy that her eunuch cabinet had little choice but to go along with. She despised rail users almost as much as she despised bus users.

 

[happypig]

And you think nationalisation would fix this?

Look at it another way, does having one company responsible for the tracks and lots of others responsible for the trains, all of which expect to return a profit and all of which are therefore run by accountants, work ?

 

[glasfryn]

Thatcher STARVED the railways of investment year-on-year as a deliberate and typically vindictive matter of personal policy that her eunuch cabinet had little choice but to go along with. She despised rail users almost as much as she despised bus users.

you missed out the miners

 

[Titanic]

Thatcher STARVED the railways of investment year-on-year as a deliberate and typically vindictive matter of personal policy that her eunuch cabinet had little choice but to go along with. She despised rail users almost as much as she despised bus users.

Get over it... that was 25 years ago. We have had 13 years of glorious socialist rule since then, Gordon Brown has abolished Tory boom and bust etc...

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Thatcher STARVED the railways of investment year-on-year as a deliberate and typically vindictive matter of personal policy that her eunuch cabinet had little choice but to go along with. She despised rail users almost as much as she despised bus users.

Im not so sure. Im no Thatcher lover but even she shyed away from privatising them. Wasnt it under Major? It found its way into the Tory manifesto.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

you missed out the miners

Not really, seeing as how this is a public transport thread. Tho clearly there was a major crossover between 'The Enemy Within' and 'The Little People' who used public transport.