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

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  • dogpat65 said:

    Red_Raver said:
    Erm. Isn't this just a poor man's oystercard?
    Seems to be!
  • Chaos at Charing Cross tonight. Huge delays, disruption and cancellations. "Poor rail conditions". That'll be the same rail conditions that we get every fucking autumn then! The Canadians cope with six feet of permafrost and snow and we grind to a halt when the rails get a little bit wet. Not that it isn't predictable or anything. Completely useless.
  • Just see on the news they surprised some passengers this morning by running a luxury train with three course breakfast to victoria. Good publicity for the sly bastards.
  • Clive Efford brought up the shambles that is SouthEastern in parliament today apparently, not sure it'll do anything, but at least he tried I suppose.
  • Efford seems to be one of the last proper constituency MPs. The people of eltham are lucky, whatever way they vote.
  • Chaos at Charing Cross tonight. Huge delays, disruption and cancellations. "Poor rail conditions". That'll be the same rail conditions that we get every fucking autumn then! The Canadians cope with six feet of permafrost and snow and we grind to a halt when the rails get a little bit wet. Not that it isn't predictable or anything. Completely useless.

    It's those leaves. They're a menace. And when they get damp! Phwar they're so slippery they could be lethal!
  • Poor rail conditions caused by wet slippery leaves. So, what's wrong with using the sand boxes fitted to the trains to clear them off?

    Wrong type of sand?
  • edited November 2016
    Its not the leaves per se, its the liquid that come out the leaves when they're crushed. Added with water from rain this forms a lubricant which is the equivalent of black ice. The sand helps a little but doesn't really put a dent in it to be honest.

    This is why network rail have been chopping down trees all summer. Still hasn't really worked though. Not sure what the solution is really.

    Edit: for the record I'm not defending SE.
  • LuckyReds said:
    Just realised that even the ones that aren't "Delayed" are still 20+ mins late. Horrendous start to the week.

    It's made me realise just how much I've enjoyed not really commuting this year. Which is a bugger, as I love the social life of working in an office.
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  • Did not miss this last week at all.
  • Wet underfoot today. So my walk to uni took a couple of mins longer. Was tough!

    Enjoying not commuting! How are the trains running guys?! ;)
  • MrLargo said:

    Wet underfoot today. So my walk to uni took a couple of mins longer. Was tough!

    Enjoying not commuting! How are the trains running guys?! ;)

    Guessing you've got a year or two at most before you finish uni. By the time you've got your degree, they'll probably have increased the retirement age again, meaning you'll have to work until your 75, so you'll have over 50 years of commuting to look forward to, about the same amount of time that Ian Brady has been in prison for.

    You have to work about 230 days a year in a standard job, taking account of leave and weekends. So on that basis, and also on the basis that you'll be forced to work for 50 years before you're allowed to die, that means that you'll hear the phrase "we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause" approximately 23,920 times.

    Still feeling smug, sonny?! ;-)
    Hahaha 100% deserved that. Commuted all last year and it was horrendous felt like I heard it 23000 times just in that year.. finish uni in June and will be commuting again... can't wait!
  • MrLargo said:

    Wet underfoot today. So my walk to uni took a couple of mins longer. Was tough!

    Enjoying not commuting! How are the trains running guys?! ;)

    Guessing you've got a year or two at most before you finish uni. By the time you've got your degree, they'll probably have increased the retirement age again, meaning you'll have to work until your 75, so you'll have over 50 years of commuting to look forward to, about the same amount of time that Ian Brady has been in prison for.

    You have to work about 230 days a year in a standard job, taking account of leave and weekends. So on that basis, and also on the basis that you'll be forced to work for 50 years before you're allowed to die, that means that you'll hear the phrase "we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause" approximately 23,920 times.

    Still feeling smug, sonny?! ;-)
    Hahaha 100% deserved that. Commuted all last year and it was horrendous felt like I heard it 23000 times just in that year.. finish uni in June and will be commuting again... can't wait!
    You've also got to go through the first maybe 2/3 years where a part of your soul actually dies.
  • Any poor sod on the Woolwich line this morning?
    I've been stuck at Abbey Wood for over half an hour because of a trespasser on the line in a tunnel at Woolwich.
    Causing mayhem. The driver doesn't seem to know much.
    Trespassers should be shot.
  • All woolwich line trains now diverted down bexleyheath line.
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  • edited November 2016
    Good luck..
  • All woolwich line trains now diverted down bexleyheath line.

    Think I'd rather be delayed.
    Thank God it wasn't the Sidcup line :-)
  • Charing Cross trains all Delayed AGAIN
  • Problems between New Cross and London Bridge.My Cannon St train currently doing a 2mph crawl.
  • Cracked Rail just outside New Cross speed restrictions in place.
  • Been stuck in between westcombe park and maze hill for 20 minutes, haven't moved. That's beyond speed restrictions!
  • I'm at westcombe park and have been for 15 minutes on a train. Apparently the block up front has been cleared and we may begin to crawl along shortly.
  • 1 hour Charlton to cannon street!
  • It's not much better on other line. It's taken over and hour now and I'm only at New Cross.
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