Its not even windy. They've got the PR department involved at Southern Rail who are now calling it 'poor rail adhesion'. AKA Leaves on the line.
Seriously - what Muppet came up with that one? Based on the fact that I would think trains 'adhering' to the rails would kind of make it difficult for them to, you know, actually move anywhere?
I was chatting on Facebook yesterday with a friend who was talking about the weather. At 4.10 I said "I give Southeastern another half hour before "poor rail conditions" rears its ugly head." but I was wrong. It took 37 minutes...
Disruption has been reported to services between London Cannon Street and Welling.
- General disruption along the line caused by poor rail conditions may lead to cancellations and delays to the following services: The 17:04 and 17:26.
Make sure you've all done your Delay Repay claims for the signal fire at London Bridge last Tuesday - I got extra compensation in addition to the refund.
I was chatting on Facebook yesterday with a friend who was talking about the weather. At 4.10 I said "I give Southeastern another half hour before "poor rail conditions" rears its ugly head." but I was wrong. It took 37 minutes...
Disruption has been reported to services between London Cannon Street and Welling.
- General disruption along the line caused by poor rail conditions may lead to cancellations and delays to the following services: The 17:04 and 17:26.
Great. So the two trains I get then. Ridiculous. How can they know in advance when by more than 4 hours when these delays are going to happen???
After the delays the night of the doncaster game i filled in the online claim repay form and landed on the doormat this morning was a rail voucher worth 30.60 and a covering letter explaining it was 10.60 for the repayment of my fair and 20.00 as a goodwill gesture, just shows its definately worth claiming form takes about 5 mins to do.
After the delays the night of the doncaster game i filled in the online claim repay form and landed on the doormat this morning was a rail voucher worth 30.60 and a covering letter explaining it was 10.60 for the repayment of my fair and 20.00 as a goodwill gesture, just shows its definately worth claiming form takes about 5 mins to do.
They processed mine twice ;o) (for the 2nd time this year!)
Also, a nice little angry tweet from someone this morning that tickled me:
After the delays the night of the doncaster game i filled in the online claim repay form and landed o
n the doormat this morning was a rail voucher worth 30.60 and a covering letter explaining it was 10.60 for the repayment of my fair and 20.00 as a goodwill gesture, just shows its definately worth claiming form takes about 5 mins to do.
J Block - You must've only claimed for 30-60 minutes of delays. They only give out the compo when it's over 2hrs claimed & they can blame Network Rail (and therefore get all the money back from them).
J Block - You must've only claimed for 30-60 minutes of delays. They only give out the compo when it's over 2hrs claimed & they can blame Network Rail (and therefore get all the money back from them).
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Now, put the bridge back please!
I will now dedicate my life to ensuring that the New Eltham Bridge is returned to its rightful place!!
App shows two trains in front delayed.
Not looking good on the Sidcup Line.
Seriously - what Muppet came up with that one? Based on the fact that I would think trains 'adhering' to the rails would kind of make it difficult for them to, you know, actually move anywhere?
Disruption has been reported to services between London Cannon Street and Welling.
- General disruption along the line caused by poor rail conditions may lead to cancellations and delays to the following services:
The 17:04 and 17:26.
Also, a nice little angry tweet from someone this morning that tickled me:
I got £1.60! no £20 good will gesture
There is an online compo claim form that I can't post at the moment but the stations SHOULD all have the free post forms for you.
Today 14 minutes.
You could forgive them if it was say, once a week, but they just cannot run to time.