Just 2 trains an hour but couldn’t use 4 carriages as there was an earlier fault with one of them. Couldn’t they have used another train / 4 carriages?
Staff have been excellent today. Fair play to them. It's easy to forget they bear the brunt of the chaos even though they have no control...particularly when the management and directors are nowhere to be seen.
I have not had too many problems this week, to be fair. The train in yesterday morning was packed like sardines but got in on time. Going home was okay apart from a train on fire in Greenhithe stopping all services at Dartford.
Today have given in and working from home. Mainly due to blisters on my feet from walking miles in wellies to get to and from the station!
Staff have been excellent today. Fair play to them. It's easy to forget they bear the brunt of the chaos even though they have no control...particularly when the management and directors are nowhere to be seen.
Was haranguing some station staff at Cannon St on Wednesday evening, after both the 4.23 and 4.45 Bexleyheath line trains went from Delayed to vanished on the departure boards (not shown as cancelled, just took them off the boards completely). A number of us were inquiring what was happening so the platform guy radioed the lady in the control room who said that the system was still showing these trains as delayed but she didn't know where the stock to form the trains was so she'd taken them off the boards "to avoid confusion". Erm...vanishing trains does NOT avoid confusion.
Several people were asking the best way to get to stations on the Bexleyheath line and the platform guy was telling them to go to London Bridge where they'd have a choice of Cannon St and Charing X trains (despite there not being any Cannon St trains). Meanwhile, literally behind this guy's back, a train to Barnehurst via Woolwich had arrived. I jumped on that, knowing that once it reached Barnehurst it actually carries on and calls all stations on the Bexleyheath line to Cannon St (I'm proper Charlton, me). Bit of a roundabout route but I got home eventually!
All London train companies are warning that their networks will be closing early today. This includes (but is not limited to) SWR, Southern, Greater Anglia, South Eastern, Thameslink and Great Northern.
Many companies will not be providing transport after 2pm today, and this may end up being even earlier, depending on snowfall and icy conditions. I would suggest you check your train company as soon as you can and plan your journey home accordingly. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/185021.aspx
These c%$ts take the piss to the greatest extent possible every time they get the chance. This weather is unusual, not extraordinary, but they have no contingency plans in place whatsoever except make it up as you go along, and "fuck it, they're only our customers". As for the information they provide, it's an absolute disgrace.
IMPORTANT UPDATE These routes are open and (delays excepted) are disruption free. If travelling on these: please look to go ASAP: Charing X-Hastings / Ashf'd via Tonbdge Charing X - D'ford v Bexleyh'th Cannon Street - D'ford v Woolw'ch SIDCUP LINE NOW CLOSED
The Tweet says "Please Don't Travel", the Current Service Update says trains are running to some extent on 12 out of 14 lines. So if you're standing on the platform at Cannon Street and a train's about to leave then you just wave it off, right?! Idiots.
IMPORTANT UPDATE These routes are open and (delays excepted) are disruption free. If travelling on these: please look to go ASAP: Charing X-Hastings / Ashf'd via Tonbdge Charing X - D'ford v Bexleyh'th Cannon Street - D'ford v Woolw'ch SIDCUP LINE NOW CLOSED
2:26 PM - 2 Mar 2018
That will please the wife - she's undertaking interviews in London 'til gone 5.00.
Oh well if she has to stay in a hotel over the weekend I'm sure we'll survive without her. Now where did I put those takeaway menus.........
IMPORTANT UPDATE These routes are open and (delays excepted) are disruption free. If travelling on these: please look to go ASAP: Charing X-Hastings / Ashf'd via Tonbdge Charing X - D'ford v Bexleyh'th Cannon Street - D'ford v Woolw'ch SIDCUP LINE NOW CLOSED
2:26 PM - 2 Mar 2018
That will please the wife - she's undertaking interviews in London 'til gone 5.00.
Oh well if she has to stay in a hotel over the weekend I'm sure we'll survive without her. Now where did I put that massive box of porn........
Staff have been excellent today. Fair play to them. It's easy to forget they bear the brunt of the chaos even though they have no control...particularly when the management and directors are nowhere to be seen.
Heretic! Burn him!!!
Ha! Don't worry mate I'm sure I'll change my tune by the time I attempt to get home tonight with the current carnage and will revise my opinion as soon as one of their staff kisses their teeth at me for having the audacity to ask a train service related question.
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Journey home there is about 6 people in my carriage. Reckon they all used the snow as an excuse to knock off early.
Today have given in and working from home. Mainly due to blisters on my feet from walking miles in wellies to get to and from the station!
Several people were asking the best way to get to stations on the Bexleyheath line and the platform guy was telling them to go to London Bridge where they'd have a choice of Cannon St and Charing X trains (despite there not being any Cannon St trains). Meanwhile, literally behind this guy's back, a train to Barnehurst via Woolwich had arrived. I jumped on that, knowing that once it reached Barnehurst it actually carries on and calls all stations on the Bexleyheath line to Cannon St (I'm proper Charlton, me). Bit of a roundabout route but I got home eventually!
All London train companies are warning that their networks will be closing early today. This includes (but is not limited to) SWR, Southern, Greater Anglia, South Eastern, Thameslink and Great Northern.
Many companies will not be providing transport after 2pm today, and this may end up being even earlier, depending on snowfall and icy conditions. I would suggest you check your train company as soon as you can and plan your journey home accordingly.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/185021.aspx
Hate, hate, hate.
Southeastern just said Sidcup line closed.
IMPORTANT UPDATE These routes are open and (delays excepted) are disruption free. If travelling on these: please look to go ASAP:
Charing X-Hastings / Ashf'd via Tonbdge
Charing X - D'ford v Bexleyh'th
Cannon Street - D'ford v Woolw'ch
SIDCUP LINE NOW CLOSED
2:26 PM - 2 Mar 2018
The Tweet says "Please Don't Travel", the Current Service Update says trains are running to some extent on 12 out of 14 lines. So if you're standing on the platform at Cannon Street and a train's about to leave then you just wave it off, right?! Idiots.
Oh well if she has to stay in a hotel over the weekend I'm sure we'll survive without her. Now where did I put those takeaway menus.........