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Trains Are Not Good
- Thread starter Beach Hut
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British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
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We were running trains all night to try and keep as many lines open this morning as possible, Under normal circumstances it's impossible because half the network shuts down for overnight engineering works.
Marty McFly
Seagulls Over Canada
Ruddy trains have cost me a day's holiday!!
Scoffers
Well-known member
That pretty much mirrors my journey in, plus my fears about going home. I am planning to leave work soon!
blue'n'white
Well-known member
I got to Redhill station this morning and was virtually manhandled OUT of the station and told that there were no trains to London Bridge.
So I go home, phone in only to be told that everyone else is in (fair enough they mostly live in London), check on the net and it appears that trains ARE running to London Bridge. So i go back and get manhandled out of the station again.
WTF IS HAPPENING
??
So I go home, phone in only to be told that everyone else is in (fair enough they mostly live in London), check on the net and it appears that trains ARE running to London Bridge. So i go back and get manhandled out of the station again.
WTF IS HAPPENING
??
I got to Redhill station this morning about 90 minutes after my next door neighbour - who was still on the platform. Hopped onto some hopelessly overcrowded Southern train which then CRAWLED to London.I got to Redhill station this morning and was virtually manhandled OUT of the station and told that there were no trains to London Bridge.
So I go home, phone in only to be told that everyone else is in (fair enough they mostly live in London), check on the net and it appears that trains ARE running to London Bridge. So i go back and get manhandled out of the station again.
WTF IS HAPPENING
Overall, it was a 2 hour journey and I was in at 10.30.
(And I saw a bloke at Redhill wearing an Albion HAT - was that you?
)
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
It's annoying for everyone who's trying to travel but there was plenty of effort put in last night to try and get trains running today, We had ghost trains and de-icers running all night and teams of maintenance guys out on the track all night trying to clear snow & ice from sets of points and other signalling equipment but there's only so much that can be done in one night.
Russell Slade's hat
New member
I need to get into Brighton to get my ticket for Hereford
Mick Beard BHA
Hirsute
How did you get on? My boss is pretty easy going and let me leave early; i got the 4:30ish train back and although it was packed i found a seat and got home without too much delay
I'm on a course in Central London for three days (started today).
I managed to get on a train at about 7.15 at Hassocks this morning (standing room only) which crawled via most stations - including Redhill - to Victoria. Got there at about 8.40.
Made it to my course, but was one of only 6 of the 14 booked in to make it. Two of the others were quite late, too.
Train back was pretty smooth, though and I even got a seat and some shut-eye.
Hopefully, the next two days will be OK, as I'm not sure what happens if I miss any of the course.
Best bit was that lunch was included - and they'd catered for 14. One bloke, on going up for his fifth plate of food said "I'm just eating for the sake of it now!". There was loads wasted.
I managed to get on a train at about 7.15 at Hassocks this morning (standing room only) which crawled via most stations - including Redhill - to Victoria. Got there at about 8.40.
Made it to my course, but was one of only 6 of the 14 booked in to make it. Two of the others were quite late, too.
Train back was pretty smooth, though and I even got a seat and some shut-eye.
Hopefully, the next two days will be OK, as I'm not sure what happens if I miss any of the course.
Best bit was that lunch was included - and they'd catered for 14. One bloke, on going up for his fifth plate of food said "I'm just eating for the sake of it now!". There was loads wasted.
Any railways workers know what kind of service can be expected tomorrow?
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
Normal service with a few cancellations as far as I know.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
- Thread starter
- #36
This is what is posted on thhe Southern website for today - 04th February:
Latest Notices/Cancellations from Southern and FCC for today
Southern:
The following trains have been cancelled:
05.17 Horsham – Victoria cancelled
05.35 Littlehampton – Portsmouth Harbour cancelled
06.40 Brighton – Victoria cancelled
06.46 Portsmouth Harbour – Horsham / Victoria cancelled
07.02 Three Bridges – Victoria cancelled (06.11 Bognor Regis – Victoria to call additionally at Gatwick Airport, Salfords & Earlswood)
07.09 Horsham – Redhill / London Bridge cancelled
07.16 Bognor Regis – Horsham/Victoria cancelled
07.32 Littlehampton – Victoria cancelled
07.40 Reigate – Redhill / London Bridge cancelled
07.45 Littlehampton – Brighton cancelled (07.20 Portsmouth Harbour – Brighton to call additionally at Goring- By-Sea, West Worthing, East Worthing, Fishersgate & Aldrington)
07.58 Littlehampton – Bognor Regis cancelled
08.07 Victoria – Brighton cancelled
08.15 Victoria – Gatwick Airport cancelled
08.32 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
08.45 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
08.48 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
09.09 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
09.12 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
09.25 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
09.36 Victoria – Brighton cancelled
09.39 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
09.52 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
Buses will be deployed at Barnham to supplement Barnham – Bognor Regis branch
FCC:
Customer Alert
The following Thameslink route trains will run with four cars instead of eight:
Southbound
07:44 Bedford - Moorgate
08:20 Bedford - Brighton
Northbound
05:39 Brighton - Bedford
Latest Notices/Cancellations from Southern and FCC for today
Southern:
The following trains have been cancelled:
05.17 Horsham – Victoria cancelled
05.35 Littlehampton – Portsmouth Harbour cancelled
06.40 Brighton – Victoria cancelled
06.46 Portsmouth Harbour – Horsham / Victoria cancelled
07.02 Three Bridges – Victoria cancelled (06.11 Bognor Regis – Victoria to call additionally at Gatwick Airport, Salfords & Earlswood)
07.09 Horsham – Redhill / London Bridge cancelled
07.16 Bognor Regis – Horsham/Victoria cancelled
07.32 Littlehampton – Victoria cancelled
07.40 Reigate – Redhill / London Bridge cancelled
07.45 Littlehampton – Brighton cancelled (07.20 Portsmouth Harbour – Brighton to call additionally at Goring- By-Sea, West Worthing, East Worthing, Fishersgate & Aldrington)
07.58 Littlehampton – Bognor Regis cancelled
08.07 Victoria – Brighton cancelled
08.15 Victoria – Gatwick Airport cancelled
08.32 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
08.45 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
08.48 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
09.09 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
09.12 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
09.25 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
09.36 Victoria – Brighton cancelled
09.39 Bognor Regis – Barnham cancelled
09.52 Barnham – Bognor Regis cancelled
Buses will be deployed at Barnham to supplement Barnham – Bognor Regis branch
FCC:
Customer Alert
The following Thameslink route trains will run with four cars instead of eight:
Southbound
07:44 Bedford - Moorgate
08:20 Bedford - Brighton
Northbound
05:39 Brighton - Bedford
Arthur
Well-known member
Uckfield line is running fine.
Any twitter users out there who commute have a look at uktrains / FrontPage will send you updates from the train companies directly as well as people who tweet @uktrains with service updates. Very useful.
Any twitter users out there who commute have a look at uktrains / FrontPage will send you updates from the train companies directly as well as people who tweet @uktrains with service updates. Very useful.
Barry Izbak
U.T.A.
The 9.49 Brighton - Victoria today set off today on time !
But they announced it was going to have to divert to London Bridge because there was a problem at Victoria.
On the train the announcement was along this lines that they were "probably" going to have to go to London Bridge , but they would let us know on the way because some one was going to call them.
Approaching East Croydon, he came on again saying they hadn't heard if they were going to London Bridge or Victoria and that he was going to "ask the platform staff at East Croydon"
We did indeed end up at London Bridge.
Surely if this was a sitcom - and not our mainline railway - it would be unbelieveable.
I accept full responsibility however, because the trains are always sh1t when I travel on them and it can't be like this everyday? Can it? No one would use them.
But they announced it was going to have to divert to London Bridge because there was a problem at Victoria.
On the train the announcement was along this lines that they were "probably" going to have to go to London Bridge , but they would let us know on the way because some one was going to call them.
Approaching East Croydon, he came on again saying they hadn't heard if they were going to London Bridge or Victoria and that he was going to "ask the platform staff at East Croydon"
We did indeed end up at London Bridge.
Surely if this was a sitcom - and not our mainline railway - it would be unbelieveable.
I accept full responsibility however, because the trains are always sh1t when I travel on them and it can't be like this everyday? Can it? No one would use them.
No I can confirm that they are not shit everyday, normally you see one thing really shit a week. The rest of the time trains are anything from on time - 5 mins late.....thats the norm. It's amazing how a train can be running 2 mins late for it's first journey in the morning. Railway workers = clowns