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

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  • I feel for you all. Did it for 27 years and before the CL Militant Tendency start blatting on about "nationalisation", it was shit then as well, although the slam door trains added an extra hint of danger!
  • I feel for you all. Did it for 27 years and before the CL Militant Tendency start blatting on about "nationalisation", it was shit then as well, although the slam door trains added an extra hint of danger!

    I wish we had slam doors now. I could throw the useless guard out at full speed. Or use it to slam on the heads of some of the cretinous people I have the displeasure of travelling with.
  • When you think back though those slam doors were bloody dangerous. Also, those single carriages with about eight people on each side facing each other. And half of them smoking. We may not think so sometimes but a lot of things have changed for the better.

    Still a bunch of wankers though.
  • When you think back though those slam doors were bloody dangerous. Also, those single carriages with about eight people on each side facing each other. And half of them smoking. We may not think so sometimes but a lot of things have changed for the better.

    Still a bunch of wankers though.

    Can't believe now that they had those sex pest carriages. Imagine being stuck in one of them with a button due to congestion
  • When you think back though those slam doors were bloody dangerous. Also, those single carriages with about eight people on each side facing each other. And half of them smoking. We may not think so sometimes but a lot of things have changed for the better.

    Still a bunch of wankers though.

    And sometimes there were people standing too! God forbid anyone who asked for the window to be lowered.

    (Do not clean soot off the window) Remember that?
  • When you think back though those slam doors were bloody dangerous. Also, those single carriages with about eight people on each side facing each other. And half of them smoking. We may not think so sometimes but a lot of things have changed for the better.

    Still a bunch of wankers though.

    The were more comfortable though and didn't break down all the f*****g time.
  • Some woman had her finger chopped off in the hinge side of one of those doors at Kidbrooke in a carriage I was in once.
  • Macronate said:

    Was also common to find a grot mag under the seats in one of those carriages.

    Much happier times.

    Generous of you to leave them for others. :-)
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  • Macronate said:

    Was also common to find a grot mag under the seats in one of those carriages.

    Much happier times.

    Haha. The mobile equivalent of under a hedge.
  • When you think back though those slam doors were bloody dangerous. Also, those single carriages with about eight people on each side facing each other. And half of them smoking. We may not think so sometimes but a lot of things have changed for the better.

    Still a bunch of wankers though.

    And sometimes there were people standing too! God forbid anyone who asked for the window to be lowered.

    (Do not clean soot off the window) Remember that?
    Counted 22 in one of those single compartments once.

    Still at least the managers pay and the train leasing companies profit weren’t the priority in those days!
  • What a complete shit show this morning. Left the house at 7:50 and got to work at 9:45. Should take me an hour door to door.

    Signal failure, two broken down trains, congestion and shortage of drivers.

    Cunts.
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  • It's my birthday today. Decided to celebrate in style by staying at home and not going near any trains.

    Just looked up the disruption. It's a joke, every day there's an issue. Their timetable is the most meaningless document ever-produced. I cannot believe that this is allowed to happen in a supposedly developed country.
  • Lee to London Bridge should take 15 minutes. It's taken 51.

    This is a fucking joke
  • MrLargo said:

    It's my birthday today. Decided to celebrate in style by staying at home and not going near any trains.

    Just looked up the disruption. It's a joke, every day there's an issue. Their timetable is the most meaningless document ever-produced. I cannot believe that this is allowed to happen in a supposedly developed country.

    Happy birthday! Thankfully I get to do the same thing for the same reason tomorrow!
  • MrLargo said:

    It's my birthday today. Decided to celebrate in style by staying at home and not going near any trains.

    Just looked up the disruption. It's a joke, every day there's an issue. Their timetable is the most meaningless document ever-produced. I cannot believe that this is allowed to happen in a supposedly developed country.

    happy birthday @MrLargo
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  • Just the 65 minutes to get into Cannon Street this morning....Signal failure broken down..spending l lot.of that scenery in the Kidbrooke tunnel...every f ing day there is something....hate the lot of them....Oh happy.morning......

    It has been practically every morning for me on the Bexleyheath line since Christmas. Looks as though I now have a choice; get an early train out or work from home. Trying to travel around 8ish is pointless.

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    Blackheath to Cannon Street in 1988/89, always got a seat in the rear carriage with the smokers, sometimes one of those sex pest specials. If it was really busy, standing in the guard's van, which nobody seemed worried about.
  • What a complete shit show this morning. Left the house at 7:50 and got to work at 9:45. Should take me an hour door to door.

    Signal failure, two broken down trains, congestion and shortage of drivers.

    Cunts.

    Just the 65 minutes to get into Cannon Street this morning....Signal failure broken down..spending l lot.of that scenery in the Kidbrooke tunnel...every f ing day there is something....hate the lot of them....Oh happy.morning......

    PaddyP17 said:

    Lee to London Bridge should take 15 minutes. It's taken 51.

    This is a fucking joke

    1905 said:

    Just the 65 minutes to get into Cannon Street this morning....Signal failure broken down..spending l lot.of that scenery in the Kidbrooke tunnel...every f ing day there is something....hate the lot of them....Oh happy.morning......

    It has been practically every morning for me on the Bexleyheath line since Christmas. Looks as though I now have a choice; get an early train out or work from home. Trying to travel around 8ish is pointless.

    I assume of course that there was a reduction in the train fares at the turn of the year to account for this poor service..........
  • MrLargo said:

    It's my birthday today. Decided to celebrate in style by staying at home and not going near any trains.

    Just looked up the disruption. It's a joke, every day there's an issue. Their timetable is the most meaningless document ever-produced. I cannot believe that this is allowed to happen in a supposedly developed country.

    Happy Birthday Mr L, have a good one.
  • What a complete shit show this morning. Left the house at 7:50 and got to work at 9:45. Should take me an hour door to door.

    Signal failure, two broken down trains, congestion and shortage of drivers.

    Cunts.

    Just the 65 minutes to get into Cannon Street this morning....Signal failure broken down..spending l lot.of that scenery in the Kidbrooke tunnel...every f ing day there is something....hate the lot of them....Oh happy.morning......

    PaddyP17 said:

    Lee to London Bridge should take 15 minutes. It's taken 51.

    This is a fucking joke

    1905 said:

    Just the 65 minutes to get into Cannon Street this morning....Signal failure broken down..spending l lot.of that scenery in the Kidbrooke tunnel...every f ing day there is something....hate the lot of them....Oh happy.morning......

    It has been practically every morning for me on the Bexleyheath line since Christmas. Looks as though I now have a choice; get an early train out or work from home. Trying to travel around 8ish is pointless.

    I assume of course that there was a reduction in the train fares at the turn of the year to account for this poor service..........
    The fare increase is literally the only thing you can rely on to arrive on time when it comes to Southeastern.
  • edited January 2018
    Macronate said:

    Was also common to find a grot mag under the seats in one of those carriages.

    Much happier times.

    Used to really enjoy cleaning those coaches out each evening....yuck

    There was the famous (true) story of the headless body in one of those single "doggy kennel" compartments, in the early 80's
    A chap gets on the train, and during the journey decided to look out of the window. He stayed there, looking out until the train arrived. He was looking out the opposite side to the platforms, so no one was concerned.
    When the train arrived in London, the station staff were walking along, closing open doors etc and saw him still standing there. They called him, but he didn't respond, so went into the coach and shook him, at which point his headless body fell back into the coach. Needless to say, the poor old platform man was rather shaken up. They did find his head, I believe it was a considerable way back, somewhere around the dartford area.
  • Urghhhhh. No wonder we can only open the windows 2 centimetres these days.
  • cafckev said:

    Macronate said:

    Was also common to find a grot mag under the seats in one of those carriages.

    Much happier times.

    Used to really enjoy cleaning those coaches out each evening....yuck

    There was the famous (true) story of the headless body in one of those single "doggy kennel" compartments, in the early 80's
    A chap gets on the train, and during the journey decided to look out of the window. He stayed there, looking out until the train arrived. He was looking out the opposite side to the platforms, so no one was concerned.
    When the train arrived in London, the station staff were walking along, closing open doors etc and saw him still standing there. They called him, but he didn't respond, so went into the coach and shook him, at which point his headless body fell back into the coach. Needless to say, the poor old platform man was rather shaken up. They did find his head, I believe it was a considerable way back, somewhere around the dartford area.
    Imagine if MrLargo was commuting in the 80's. Closing the line to look for a missing head would not have been on his list of acceptable reasons to cancel or delay trains.
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