Train Disruption (29/9)

[HawkTheSeagull]

No trains Three Bridges and Brighton/Lewes at present, overrunning work at Haywards Heath. Buses being arranged and tickets accepted on other routes.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

****ing joke. Wouldn't happen in Germany.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

'Overrunning' all too easy excuse, far too vague' ' 'incompetent management of work'..where can we see exactly what the issue is and who will be disciplined/ sacked?

 

[Beach Hut]

There are trains advertised as running from Shoreham to London

 

[grummitts gloves]

6.39 just left Hassocks at 6.45, so seem to be ok at the moment.

 

[Munkfish]

How is the disruption?

 

[mikeyjh]

****ing joke. Wouldn't happen in Germany.

I'm not sure if you're joking, German train reliability is a bit of a myth, isn't it?

 

[surrey jim]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1150..._Sussex___tickets_accepted_on_other_services/

DELAYS are expected on a train route into Sussex this morning. Southern Rail has said its 7.17am service from London Victoria to Southampton Central, which stops at stations including Gatwick and Horsham, is running ten minutes later due to engineer works which over ran.
But a spokesman said the train was "running fast" to make up time.
The work, which was taking place in Haywards Heath, means services between Three Bridges and Brighton, Haywards Heath, Lewes, and Worthing are also affected.


A Southern Rail spokesman said: " Journeys may be delayed up to 20 mins, altered or cancelled at short notice. Apologies for any inconvenience."
Some services are returning to normal but delays could continue until 8.30am.
South West Trains are accepting tickets between London and Portsmouth until 8am.
First Great Western are accepting tickets between Redhill and Guildford until 8am.
Southern Rail has a mutual agreement with Thames Link Rail to accept each other's tickets between London and Brighton until 8am.
07:29 London Bridge to Horsham is 15 mins late and running fast between East Croydon, Redhill and Gatwick

08:17 London Victoria to Littlehampton will be 8 instead of 12 coaches between London Victoria and & Haywards Heath.
09:10 Haywards Heath to Eastbourne will be 4 instead of 8 coaches

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm not sure if you're joking, German train reliability is a bit of a myth, isn't it?

Jesus. Not another one.

 

[Hamilton]

Everything seems to be ok on the 7.36 Preston park to London Bridge train.

 

[Hamilton]

Spoke too soon. Past East Croydon it's not working. Par for the course really.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Lines reopened just after 6AM, major disruption to Thameslink though due to a person hit by a train between London and St Albans.

 

[Buzzer]

****ing joke. Wouldn't happen in Germany.

It might yet. Marcel Fratzscher, head of the German Institute for Economic Research and Government adviser has a few choice things to say: crumbling economy...infrastructure becoming obsolete...companies preferring to invest abroad...loyalty to German own brands evaporating....and a damning article from Der Spiegel has this little nugget that you might find interesting:

"The German economy has shied away from investment for years. Companies have almost €500 billion stashed in savings, according to the DIW president's estimates, and yet the investment ratio in the German private economy fell from just under 21 percent in 2000 to a little more than 17 percent in 2013. Many economists conclude that companies are anxious because they are worried not just about crumbling roads, but about the lack of qualified workers, the state of the euro zone and rising energy costs. And this fear, in turn, is stymying the planning for Germany's future.

The consequences are dramatic. When adjusted for inflation, many businesses have actually decreased their spending on machinery and computers in the last decades, according to the figures from the Federal Statistical Office. This is especially true of the chemical industry, but industrial infrastructure is also crumbling in, for example, the mechanical engineering and electronics sectors. But companies haven't stopped investing altogether -- they are simply no longer investing in Germany."

By the way, he's got a new book out called "Der Deutschland Illusion". It sounds like it might be right up your street.

 

[Gwylan]

It might yet. Marcel Fratzscher, head of the German Institute for Economic Research and Government adviser has a few choice things to say: crumbling economy...infrastructure becoming obsolete...companies preferring to invest abroad...loyalty to German own brands evaporating....and a damning article from Der Spiegel has this little nugget that you might find interesting:
...
By the way, he's got a new book out called "Der Deutschland Illusion". It sounds like it might be right up your street.

He's sounding off in The Economist too.
http://www.economist.com/news/europ...me-they-can-just-do-more-same-three-illusions

Sounds an interesting book

 

[Buzzer]

He's sounding off in The Economist too.
http://www.economist.com/news/europ...me-they-can-just-do-more-same-three-illusions

Sounds an interesting book

Ouch! Just read that, thanks for the link.

• The jobs miracle was achieved in large part by creating lots of part-time and “precarious” jobs.
• Export success came not from greater productivity but from holding down wages.
• credit for closing the budget deficit goes mainly to big tax receipts that came with high employment.

And Merkel appears rightly worried about the lack of investment if this snapshot is anything to go by

 

[Ernest]

I'm not sure if you're joking, German train reliability is a bit of a myth, isn't it?

Wouldn't worry about him as he is a broken record

 

[Gwylan]

And here's the book - looks like a light read
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Deutsch...=1411980282&sr=1-1&keywords=Marcel+Fratzscher

Interesting to see that the UK isn't doing too poorly in government investment but that remark about the creation of part-time jobs must resonate with Osborne too

 

[dingodan]

Good because

 

[Buzzer]

And here's the book - looks like a light read
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Deutsch...=1411980282&sr=1-1&keywords=Marcel+Fratzscher

Interesting to see that the UK isn't doing too poorly in government investment but that remark about the creation of part-time jobs must resonate with Osborne too

It's slightly worrying that we're still under the EU average but I think I'm right in stating that we have a far more service industry driven economy than any other EU country and consequently needs less investment than a production-driven one such as Germany or Portugal. Agree with you about precarious job creation though, the national disgrace that is zero-hour contract being just about the worst abuse.

 

[Driver8]

My train to London from North Wales is now two hours late meaning I have had to cancel one meeting and put back a second one. Happy Days.