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Southeastern train disruption (franchise to be taken over by Govt p191)

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  • Depends where you are. I believe the criteria for rush hour is what time the trains arrive in London.

    I can use my senior railcard at 8am down here in deepest kent.
  • 9:17 Mr Largo? Is that still rush hour? Are you eligible to complain about the performance of the trains in 'non-peak' times?

    If it's a South Eastern train and you're on it, waiting for it or cursing the fact that it's been cancelled then you can and should complain about it, regardless of the time of day.
  • Bit of drizzle this morning and a little wind last night. Of course that means it's fine to delay my train by 15 mins without apology.

    Ohh and there is no facking seats. And I have some creepy looking middle aged man standing opposite me who is just staring at me with some creepy arsed smile. Bit scared. Think I'm gonna get murdered or something.
  • Congestion through London Bridge yet again. It’s almost as if they didn’t spend billions on a new station.
  • Is it just me or have fellow commuters spacial awareness really disintegrated recently? A few times in the past couple of months some melon with a massive rucksack still on his/her back has stood next to me on a busy train and preceded to repeatedly whack me with said rucksack.

    Even my persistent stares, tuts, and pushing back did not seem to faze the guy today!

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  • Is it just me or have fellow commuters spacial awareness really disintegrated recently? A few times in the past couple of months some melon with a massive rucksack still on his/her back has stood next to me on a busy train and preceded to repeatedly whack me with said rucksack.

    Even my persistent stares, tuts, and pushing back did not seem to faze the guy today!

    at least on the tube they are now asking people to remove rucksacks. The size of some of them you'd think people were going for a trek up a mountain on their lunch break.
  • I can confirm I am alive. I did a little jog out the station and round the corner to ensure Mr Murder as I named him couldn't follow me.

    At least that's what you think. Just keep an eye out behind you...
  • Bit of drizzle this morning and a little wind last night. Of course that means it's fine to delay my train by 15 mins without apology.

    Ohh and there is no facking seats. And I have some creepy looking middle aged man standing opposite me who is just staring at me with some creepy arsed smile. Bit scared. Think I'm gonna get murdered or something.

    He'll be southeastern's customer service manager, probably, he's tracked you down...
  • I have to go into Dover this msorni

    I can confirm I am alive. I did a little jog out the station and round the corner to ensure Mr Murder as I named him couldn't follow me.

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    A picture paints a thousand words.
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  • Bollocks!!... Knew there was a risk of it happening yet have appealed to see if I can get away with it.

    My train ticket says London to Strood (Route: Dartford NOT HS1) - Instead I've been getting the fast train down to Rochester and coming back one stop to Strood... Tonight at Rochester there were ticket inspectors and got busted with a £30 fine (Wasnt allowed to pay the difference at the other end)... In my appeal I've tried going for the ignorance approach by saying (1) I didnt realise the train was non stop to Rochester and didnt go through Dartford and (2) My train back to Strood was going on to Dartford so thought it would validate the ticket.

    Of course I know my appeal will never win for that reason... I also know the fast Rochester train goes via. Longfield and that my train back to Strood is one of the High Speed trains (which can be used despite the not HS1 part of my ticket because its not High Speed at that stage of the line)

    Whats a joke though is the way they throw loopholes to get a bit of extra money out of you - Fair enough the High Speed will be a bit more expensive yet ultimately there is no difference between every other train on the line so two routes shouldnt be priced differently if they both take you from A to B... What next, a ticket that says your not allowed a seat or only allowed to get on the yellow carriages!!

    Bloody heck... I've only gone and won my appeal on the above basis!!
    Good man! Take that you robbing scum! I'll put my tupperware box away and tell my auntie to stop lacing her dog's meals with laxatives. Any problems in future mate, that option is always there for you.
  • Why does my train arbitrarily stop for five minutes every morning between Lewisham and New Cross?

    (That's the title of my philosophy treatise. Other essays will include "What is the sound of one hand clapping?", and "Why are Southeastern such a bunch of unredeeming wankers?")
  • PaddyP17 said:

    Why does my train arbitrarily stop for five minutes every morning between Lewisham and New Cross?

    (That's the title of my philosophy treatise. Other essays will include "What is the sound of one hand clapping?", and "Why are Southeastern such a bunch of unredeeming wankers?")

    Those 5 minutes are excruciating.
  • 8 minutes after scheduled departure time we roll out of Cannon Street due to "congestion in the area". How? After all of that disruption to fix this? How?
  • Wonder what Rio thought of them tonight...?

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  • WSS said:

    Wonder what Rio thought of them tonight...?

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    Can't quite make it out, any chance you could make the picture a bit bigger?
  • WSS said:

    Wonder what Rio thought of them tonight...?

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    Wouldn’t like to second guess Rio’s thoughts but that’s platform 6 ,London Bridge. Brilliant vantage point on the end of that platform for photos and note taking.
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