Sidcup to Charing Cross. Advertised journey time around 30mins.
This morning due to a sprinkling of snow and a broken down train at Bexley I had to go to Dartford, then via Blackheath for a grand total of a 3.5 hour journey.
are they responsible for shutting all the barriers and gates and making a fair few hundred people exit through one tiny little gate? thas the one thing that peed me right off... i got a few people booing with me as we walked past the staff blocking our exit. why not just let the gates open rather than make us all even later. ridiculous scenes.
[cite]Posted By: CharltonDan[/cite]Sidcup to Charing Cross. Advertised journey time around 30mins.
This morning due to a sprinkling of snow and a broken down train at Bexley I had to go to Dartford, then via Blackheath for a grand total of a 3.5 hour journey.
sidcup ?...why dont you move to London then...always amazes me when you yokels start moaning about public transport...
Yeah, splitting up the rail infrastructure was a stroke of genius. Means the service operator and the network operator can pass the buck back and forth. I still don't understand why it was privatised. We were told it was to introduce competition, thus spurring investment and keeping prices low. Where's the competition? If I want to get a train from Dartford to anywhere I have a grand total of 1 choice of operator. And it's really kept prices down too hasn't it!
I pay them to get me to work according to the timetable they themselves publish and they just aren't able to and a such a regular basis! I don't give a whether its the track or the rolling stock. I don't pay Network Rail!!
And then they have the temerity to increase the cost!! Fcking twats.
[cite]Posted By: CharltonDan[/cite]Sidcup to Charing Cross. Advertised journey time around 30mins.
This morning due to a sprinkling of snow and a broken down train at Bexley I had to go to Dartford, then via Blackheath for a grand total of a 3.5 hour journey.
sidcup ?...why dont you move to London then...always amazes me when you yokels start moaning about public transport...
[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]are they responsible for shutting all the barriers and gates and making a fair few hundred people exit through one tiny little gate? thas the one thing that peed me right off... i got a few people booing with me as we walked past the staff blocking our exit. why not just let the gates open rather than make us all even later. ridiculous scenes.
Dunno, use the Underground, DLR and river services before I'll use the overground
[cite]Posted By: CharltonDan[/cite]
Sidcup is London
its kent...must be zone 27 at least...
Officially London.
London is split into three major parts these days, Central London with postcodes WC or EC. Inner London which have postcodes like SE7, E14, NW8 etc and then Greater London which are the Greater London Boroughs Like Bexley, Bromley and Croydon.
Sidcup is in the London Borough of Bexley. It is served by the Metropolitan Police. Yes it has a Kent postcode, DA something (DA for Dartford) but it is officially in London.
[cite]Posted By: CharltonDan[/cite]
Sidcup is London
its kent...must be zone 27 at least...
Officially London.
London is split into three major parts these days, Central London with postcodes WC or EC. Inner London which have postcodes like SE7, E14, NW8 etc and then Greater London which are the Greater London Boroughs Like Bexley, Bromley and Croydon.
Sidcup is in the London Borough of Bexley. It is served by the Metropolitan Police. Yes it has a Kent postcode, DA something (DA for Dartford) but it is officially in London.
This must be added to the " something I have learnt today post"
Im not Paul. The service is terrible......Just before Xmas I was late to work 9 days from 10 consecutive days due to delays and cancellations!! And was almost as bad on the way home as well.
Emailed them to have a moan and they told me that if I was delayed by more than 30min then I could claim back 50% of the cost of my ticket... 50 %. I just want them to run a proper service for crying out loud!!
I read somewhere train companies (TOCs) were split from the rails to break up the union power in the industry - when more sensible solutions were available like sell off inter-city and south-east commuting lines (making dosh) and subsidise or close regional lines. Splitting them up has led to three times as many accountants, engineers, surveyors all fighting over rail maintenance and renewal contracts.
[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]are they responsible for shutting all the barriers and gates and making a fair few hundred people exit through one tiny little gate? thas the one thing that peed me right off... i got a few people booing with me as we walked past the staff blocking our exit. why not just let the gates open rather than make us all even later. ridiculous scenes.
Dunno, use the Underground, DLR and river services before I'll use the overground
but all those would add further expense and probably half hor of my time? Your constant river services comments, would dearly love to get the boat to work as i did when i lived in Hong Kong and sydney, best way to travel but from where i live would make no sense at all unless they made a charlton stop off. can you sort that one out please? thank you.
[cite]Posted By: pete_tong1[/cite]A good idea would be if all london train users boycotted work for the day in protest against the shocking train system.
The French cetainly would not put up with what we do.
There was a protest down in Devon on Monday I think. Appearently the service on one of the lines down there is so bad that they organised a protest where everyone refused to buy a ticket and when approached by a ticket inspector showed a "protest ticket" instead.
Don't know how it turned out, but it seems to be the only way to get train companies to take notice.
God, can you imagine the chaos they would be at Charing Cross, Cannon St, Waterloo and London Bridge if everyone did that in London!!
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sidcup ?...why dont you move to London then...always amazes me when you yokels start moaning about public transport...
I pay them to get me to work according to the timetable they themselves publish and they just aren't able to and a such a regular basis! I don't give a whether its the track or the rolling stock. I don't pay Network Rail!!
And then they have the temerity to increase the cost!! Fcking twats.
No wonder they lost their franchise!!
The French cetainly would not put up with what we do.
Sidcup is London
Not after 3 hours spent next to a bloke with dog breath, who kept yawning.....
Dunno, use the Underground, DLR and river services before I'll use the overground
its kent...must be zone 27 at least...
Splendid job south eastern, well done.
I hate you!!
Officially London.
London is split into three major parts these days, Central London with postcodes WC or EC. Inner London which have postcodes like SE7, E14, NW8 etc and then Greater London which are the Greater London Boroughs Like Bexley, Bromley and Croydon.
Sidcup is in the London Borough of Bexley. It is served by the Metropolitan Police. Yes it has a Kent postcode, DA something (DA for Dartford) but it is officially in London.
I even got a seat this morning too, which was nice.
This must be added to the " something I have learnt today post"
Emailed them to have a moan and they told me that if I was delayed by more than 30min then I could claim back 50% of the cost of my ticket... 50 %. I just want them to run a proper service for crying out loud!!
but all those would add further expense and probably half hor of my time? Your constant river services comments, would dearly love to get the boat to work as i did when i lived in Hong Kong and sydney, best way to travel but from where i live would make no sense at all unless they made a charlton stop off. can you sort that one out please? thank you.
this morning we sat by hither green station for 15 mins, all the snowy trees!
imagine being stuck on the tube " hmm.. a brick wall"
btw, you werent on a train from Charing X last night were you?
There was a protest down in Devon on Monday I think. Appearently the service on one of the lines down there is so bad that they organised a protest where everyone refused to buy a ticket and when approached by a ticket inspector showed a "protest ticket" instead.
Don't know how it turned out, but it seems to be the only way to get train companies to take notice.
God, can you imagine the chaos they would be at Charing Cross, Cannon St, Waterloo and London Bridge if everyone did that in London!!
i love it!! :-)
yes, about 20 to 7
window seat opposite a rugged looking fella?!
LMFAO