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

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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I don't depend on south eastern but always see the blue jackets in clusters of three or four ignoring people and chatting away to each other at London Bridge, a developing station where you need the most help and information.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    My train was cancelled this morning with no explanation, which was nice.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,595
    cafcdave123 said:

    My train was cancelled this morning with no explanation, which was nice.</</b>blockquote>

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  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,231
    Saturday disruption. Only a half hourly service to/from Victoria. Allow extra time.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    All sorts of excuses this morning.

    When things aren't going to schedule, they really need a plan B.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    edited December 2017
    Engineering works, emergency engineering works, over running engineering works, signal failure and an 'operational' incident.

    I think the last one relates to not enough staff turning up for work.
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    Macronate said:

    Engineering works, emergency engineering works, over running engineering works, signal failure and an 'operational' incident.

    I think the last one relates to not enough staff turning up for work.

    Years ago under BR we told it as it was when announcing delays like "points failure" "signal failure" or "broken rail" etc. As soon as it became all different private companies (especially the then railtrack) got upset for two reasons, firstly it would make people think that the tracks and signals were not maintained, and secondly because they announcements meant it was easy to see who was to blame ie railtrack for track problems. So, we were all instructed to say "operational difficulties" which now seems to have changed into "operational incidents"
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Apparently there's been an embankment collapse at Biffins Bridge, which has caused a blockage in the tunnel.

  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    I am on the train to and from Victoria tomorrow so they best be behaving themselves.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,911
    eaststandmike said:

    I am on the train to and from Victoria tomorrow so they best be behaving themselves.

    I'm not. I'm working from home so they'll probably be fine.
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  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    Got to Orpington tonight to find the first train back to Petts Wood had left 90 seconds EARLY. FFS!
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Went up London today and continued to see a load of blue jackets seemingly doing nothing at all. Not a bad job to have, you could get paid to earpiece improving podcasts and then qualify as a lawyer.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,595
    seth plum said:

    Went up London today and continued to see a load of blue jackets seemingly doing nothing at all. Not a bad job to have, you could get paid to earpiece improving podcasts and then qualify as a lawyer.

    Lawyers?? You haven’t had much interaction with SE employees have you mate.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    JohnBoyUK said:

    Got to Orpington tonight to find the first train back to Petts Wood had left 90 seconds EARLY. FFS!

    Nothing on Earth pisses me off quite like that. When I lived in Reigate I used to get the nodding donkey service one stop up the line to Redhill. Invariably at least three times a week you'd see the cunting Victoria train pulling away from the platform 30 seconds early as the Reigate train arrived and disgorged its horde of fellow masochists, leaving them marooned on the platform hurling stuff at it like those fellas in the Indiana Jones film
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    DaveMehmet said:

    seth plum said:

    Went up London today and continued to see a load of blue jackets seemingly doing nothing at all. Not a bad job to have, you could get paid to earpiece improving podcasts and then qualify as a lawyer.

    Lawyers?? You haven’t had much interaction with SE employees have you mate.
    LOL well no, they don't seem to welcome any interaction at all. Do the blue jackets have an actual function, or are they employed to get staffing levels to the right number?
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    Not heard "Operational Incident" before. Nice and vague, covers
    DaveMehmet said:

    seth plum said:

    Went up London today and continued to see a load of blue jackets seemingly doing nothing at all. Not a bad job to have, you could get paid to earpiece improving podcasts and then qualify as a lawyer.

    Lawyers?? You haven’t had much interaction with SE employees have you mate.
    Maybe that's how Katrien qualified.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,219
    Commuting in and out of Woolwich does have some small benefits. I give thanks to the DLR!
  • Plumstead_Micky
    Plumstead_Micky Posts: 932
    "Christmas is coming.... blah blah" says some condescending voice on the platforms and the trains. How comes this announcer is loud and clear? And any driver's voice a muffled whisper? Another Southeastern mystery!
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    We are going to fuck yeh over all over Christmas as we have all year and suck it up because if we tell you loud enough and early enough your come back is how big mate? Non-existent.

    Multiple swear words a la Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, jerrry sadowitz, et al.
  • Wilma
    Wilma Posts: 1,618
    My train service kidnapped people this morning! It was meant to stop at stations along Woolwich line, but as it was running late (as usual!) it was decided to not stop it after Woolwich Arsenal - fine if you got on at Dartford but they didn't bother to announce the change after that, so plenty of people ended up at Cannon Street instead of Greenwich etc.
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    Wilma said:

    My train service kidnapped people this morning! It was meant to stop at stations along Woolwich line, but as it was running late (as usual!) it was decided to not stop it after Woolwich Arsenal - fine if you got on at Dartford but they didn't bother to announce the change after that, so plenty of people ended up at Cannon Street instead of Greenwich etc.

    Did you have your earphones in when the muffled announcement came through? Sounds like an operational incident, should've pulled the chord at Greenwich and climbed out the window
  • Wilma
    Wilma Posts: 1,618
    ads said:

    Wilma said:

    My train service kidnapped people this morning! It was meant to stop at stations along Woolwich line, but as it was running late (as usual!) it was decided to not stop it after Woolwich Arsenal - fine if you got on at Dartford but they didn't bother to announce the change after that, so plenty of people ended up at Cannon Street instead of Greenwich etc.

    Did you have your earphones in when the muffled announcement came through? Sounds like an operational incident, should've pulled the chord at Greenwich and climbed out the window
    I was going to Cannon Street anyway so it didn't bother me. I would love to see someone attempting to climb out of a window of a Southeastern train though!
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Wilma said:

    ads said:

    Wilma said:

    My train service kidnapped people this morning! It was meant to stop at stations along Woolwich line, but as it was running late (as usual!) it was decided to not stop it after Woolwich Arsenal - fine if you got on at Dartford but they didn't bother to announce the change after that, so plenty of people ended up at Cannon Street instead of Greenwich etc.

    Did you have your earphones in when the muffled announcement came through? Sounds like an operational incident, should've pulled the chord at Greenwich and climbed out the window
    I was going to Cannon Street anyway so it didn't bother me. I would love to see someone attempting to climb out of a window of a Southeastern train though!
    You would have to be almost reptile like to do that, sort of like a CEO or the owner of a football club.

  • Plumstead_Micky
    Plumstead_Micky Posts: 932
    Get a nice early dart from work ready for Christmas, get to the station and it's all delays and cancellations. No prizes for guessing what the problem was.
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,881
    How many commuters would swap their south eastern experience for a 45 minute car journey to tunbridge wells for the same salary? I have 24hrs left to decide!
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    Depends on a) the equivalence of the roles b ) how much you go out in London after work

    If the answer is a) broadly equivalent and b ) I can do without it then why wouldn’t you drive in?
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    Plumstead_Micky said:

    Get a nice early dart from work ready for Christmas, get to the station and it's all delays and cancellations. No prizes for guessing what the problem was.

    They were a disgrace this morning as well, took me until 2 o'clock this afternoon to unclench my fists and ungrit my teeth. Their shitness at making trains get from A to B somewhere near the scheduled time is bad enough, but they just make it worse with their inability to communicate properly. Wasted 15 minutes this morning watching their platform display tell me that my train was permanently one minute away. When it arrived, the driver tells us it's terminating at New Cross rather than Cannon Street. Why couldn't you just tell me that 15 minutes ago, you useless twats?!
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    MrLargo said:

    Plumstead_Micky said:

    Get a nice early dart from work ready for Christmas, get to the station and it's all delays and cancellations. No prizes for guessing what the problem was.

    They were a disgrace this morning as well, took me until 2 o'clock this afternoon to unclench my fists and ungrit my teeth. Their shitness at making trains get from A to B somewhere near the scheduled time is bad enough, but they just make it worse with their inability to communicate properly. Wasted 15 minutes this morning watching their platform display tell me that my train was permanently one minute away. When it arrived, the driver tells us it's terminating at New Cross rather than Cannon Street. Why couldn't you just tell me that 15 minutes ago, you useless twats?!
    Breath in and relaaaaaaaaaxxx...............
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    MrLargo said:

    Plumstead_Micky said:

    Get a nice early dart from work ready for Christmas, get to the station and it's all delays and cancellations. No prizes for guessing what the problem was.

    They were a disgrace this morning as well, took me until 2 o'clock this afternoon to unclench my fists and ungrit my teeth. Their shitness at making trains get from A to B somewhere near the scheduled time is bad enough, but they just make it worse with their inability to communicate properly. Wasted 15 minutes this morning watching their platform display tell me that my train was permanently one minute away. When it arrived, the driver tells us it's terminating at New Cross rather than Cannon Street. Why couldn't you just tell me that 15 minutes ago, you useless twats?!
    Mr Largo, what do you think of their "we've cancelled your train you need a plan B" ?
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,911
    Covered End said:

    MrLargo said:

    Plumstead_Micky said:

    Get a nice early dart from work ready for Christmas, get to the station and it's all delays and cancellations. No prizes for guessing what the problem was.

    They were a disgrace this morning as well, took me until 2 o'clock this afternoon to unclench my fists and ungrit my teeth. Their shitness at making trains get from A to B somewhere near the scheduled time is bad enough, but they just make it worse with their inability to communicate properly. Wasted 15 minutes this morning watching their platform display tell me that my train was permanently one minute away. When it arrived, the driver tells us it's terminating at New Cross rather than Cannon Street. Why couldn't you just tell me that 15 minutes ago, you useless twats?!
    Mr Largo, what do you think of their "we've cancelled your train you need a plan B" ?
    Popcorn at the ready!!!!

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