Is it all stuffed up?
Can a train guru let us/me know please...
Can a train guru let us/me know please...
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Trains back from London today
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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National Rail enquiries site says:
A person has been hit by a train at Earlswood (Surrey) which is causing delays of up to 45 minutes between Gatwick Airport and Redhill. These delays are expected to continue until 18:30
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I know what they say - I want to know what the real experts say!
Bob!
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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Hotchilidog
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Looks like three of the four lines are running, but there will be problems. Patience will be required this evening, given the nature of the incident I'm prepared to show some.
Billy the Fish
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I left Victoria at 1533, absolute carnage as there were loads of cancellations. Just got on a FCC at Gatwick and its half empty.
SIMMO SAYS
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I thought Ernest is still in charge of railway stuff 
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Billy Seagull
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Trying to get from London Bridge to Eastbourne has been a nightmare & currently on the 452 from brighton to Eastbourne after getting on a rammed train from Croydon. All in all it's taken just under two hours so far.
The fact that the tourists get on a commuter train in the first place is already a serious breach of the code.
Looks like a few screw-ups from London Bridge, the 17.42 Littlehampton train is cancelled but it's saying the 17.56 to Brighton will be on time. I've seen that before, I'll get to the station and "on time" will suddenly change to "delayed" with no further information being given.
The latest control message says basically the "shit has hit the fan" mode of operating has been stood down to "be prepared to deal with pissed off people". All lines are open. Expect trains to be 20 minutes late leaving their destination and cancellations as we run out of train crew or trains in the places to start services.
Luckily Earlswood is just before the split to Redhill so we can hopefully see service recovery working quicker than if it were somewhere else on the route. Congestion will be a problem during the evening peak which is starting now and trains will be busier. As the evening goes on expect delays and cancellations to be somewhat sporadic as crews are off diagram.
It'll be fairly bad but you'll move albeit late.
Luckily Earlswood is just before the split to Redhill so we can hopefully see service recovery working quicker than if it were somewhere else on the route. Congestion will be a problem during the evening peak which is starting now and trains will be busier. As the evening goes on expect delays and cancellations to be somewhat sporadic as crews are off diagram.
It'll be fairly bad but you'll move albeit late.
That it wouldn't happen in Germany?
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I thought Ernest is still in charge of railway stuff
Not any more. I'm FULL time leader of the ARS now
Nice…
Tom Hark Preston Park
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That's what i thought. Real class.