Train Alert - Tomorrow morning (Monday)

[HawkTheSeagull]

FCC have announced that they will be running NO service before 9AM tomorrow, then a revised service after that. Does seem a bit over the top.

ALL Southern/Gatwick Express services tomorrow will be suspended until "declared safe to run".

Travel tomorrow should be avoided at all costs - take a day off with the kids or work from home !!

 

[Kumquat]

Was that just now? Probably based on the current reports from the South West that the winds are stronger than expected.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Was that just now? Probably based on the current reports from the South West that the winds are stronger than expected.

Yes, just been announced.

Rail in the South won't run tomorrow morning at all.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I don't see a time on the Southern site, but they do say there will be no trains until it has been passed safe, so I'm guessing no commuetr trains before 9, so it's work from home .... Yeah

 

[joeinbrighton]

They are going to look a bit daft if the wind relents.

 

[beorhthelm]

thats fking pathetic. does this mean no trains will run whenever the temperature drops below 2deg this winter?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

They are going to look a bit daft if the wind relents.

Not very likely, but they can't win, can they. If they do nothing now and cancel in the morning, people would say "why didn't they warn us"

 

[Brovion]

****ing brilliant. I've got to be in Potters Bar by 08:30. My own stupid fault for selling my car and believing that I could always make journeys like that on public transport.

 

[Commander]

What a ****ing joke. This country is pathetic.

I wonder if the game might be postponed tomorrow?

 

[Guinness Boy]

They are going to look a bit daft if the wind relents.

Actually it's totally sensible. I lived in Taiwan for three years where they have regular typhoons in the summer. I've been through quite a few. Normally the day before it's due to hit a "typhoon day" is called and everything shuts down (apart oddly from the bar in our road that I've ridden a couple out in but that's another story). The closure remained even if the storm turned out to be less severe than expected. That way everyone knows where they are a day in advance an no last minute panicky decisions are made. Plus I'd not really fancy driving a train in 80mph winds.

 

[Kumquat]

Actually it's totally sensible. I lived in Taiwan for three years where they have regular typhoons in the summer. I've been through quite a few. Normally the day before it's due to hit a "typhoon day" is called and everything shuts down (apart oddly from the bar in our road that I've ridden a couple out in but that's another story). The closure remained even if the storm turned out to be less severe than expected. That way everyone knows where they are a day in advance an no last minute panicky decisions are made. Plus I'd not really fancy driving a train in 80mph winds.

Absolutely. I don't think anyone on a train to Brighton tomorrow morning having it hit by a tree causing exen more delays and possible injuries or death would fancy it either. Inconvenient. And Michael Fish has said it won't be as bad as '87. so we're definitely f*cked.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

South West Trains suspended before 8AM with a 50mph restriction all day.

Southern will run after 9AM with major disruption until 12PM.

Very strong risk of falling trees and power lines - major risk to safety.

 

[Kumquat]

South West Trains suspended before 8AM with a 50mph restriction all day.

Southern will run after 9AM with major disruption until 12PM.

Very strong risk of falling trees and power lines - major risk to safety.

Well edited that last line there!

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Well edited that last line there!

The last line should have stayed there !!!

It's going to be much worse when it snows !!

 

[BensGrandad]

Will obviously affect our gate tomorrow as I am sure many who travel by train will give it a miss and watch on Sky.

 

[SeagullSongs]

Hopefully it'll all be fine by about half 3, travelling back from Southampton for this one

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Normal Amex service should run according to someone I know from Southern - depends on conditions though.

Police will decide whether it's on or not though.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

There is a row of big willow trees out the back of our house that, for years, we have defended against the threat of the axemen employed by the railway. Fortunately the wind direction at the moment is such that, if they do come crashing down - and they are already swaying mightily - they look like they will fall away from the railway line rather than across it. But that can't be guaranteed.

Don't underestimate the power of the wind to blow either whole trees or the debris from big trees into the path of moving trains. The railway's caution on occasions like this seems to me to be wholly sensible.

 

[Tulip]

There is a row of big willow trees out the back of our house that, for years, we have defended against the threat of the axemen employed by the railway. Fortunately the wind direction at the moment is such that, if they do come crashing down - and they are already swaying mightily - they look like they will fall away from the railway line rather than across it. But that can't be guaranteed.

Don't underestimate the power of the wind to blow either whole trees or the debris from big trees into the path of moving trains. The railway's caution on occasions like this seems to me to be wholly sensible.

Agreed - inconvenient, but probably for the best...

 

[drew]

What a ****ing joke. This country is pathetic.

I wonder if the game might be postponed tomorrow?

Then emigrate!