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

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  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    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.
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    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.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    I was on a train the other day sitting normally in my seat when some bird with a big arse try’s to sit next to me. She then starts to accuse me that I have my legs to far apart and I am taking up too much room.

    It got worse after this when she got a hip flask out and starting knocking it back, this was on the 07.15 to Cannon Street.

    I had to move seats.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,912
    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.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Congestion through London Bridge yet again. It’s almost as if they didn’t spend billions on a new station.
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,431
    Other than on Friday when I left early and travelled off-peak, I've yet to be on a train into or out of London in 2018 that has arrived within 5 minutes of the scheduled time.

    CUNTS!!!
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    cantersaddick said:

    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.

    You know I've always liked you :wink:
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    cantersaddick said:

    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.

    That'll be Dave Mehmet
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,773
    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!

  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    cantersaddick said:

    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.

    As it's getting on for 3 hours since you posted, you might want to update us, just to confirm you've not been murdered.
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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    FishCostaFortune said:

    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.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Macronate said:

    cantersaddick said:

    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.

    As it's getting on for 3 hours since you posted, you might want to update us, just to confirm you've not been murdered.
    He's currently in a hotel in the west end enjoying the company of his new acquaintance.
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    Travelling from Catford this morning. Went to Catford Bridge to get the 9.21 but obviously that was running 5 minutes late - why wouldn't it be?! Strolled along to Catford and got the Thameslink to Blackfriars - less convenient for me but I can at least be reasonably confident that it'll get there eventually. It actually arrived at London Blackfriars 3 minutes early.

    Meanwhile South Eastern's 9.21 from Catford Bridge arrived 7 minutes late at Charing Cross. As Canters said, a bit of drizzle and a little bit of wind. Think of all the railway networks around the world that are operating correctly today in far more extreme conditions - probably -30 in somewhere in Canada, trains running. Iceland -3, bit of snow, trains running. Finland -7, heavy snow, trains running. South Eastern - "ooh careful out there lads, it's very mild and a bit damp and windy. Could bring in an Emergency Timetable, but for the time being I think we'll just not even bother attempting to run a proper service and see how that works out. Send out an email to all station staff across the network telling them to check their kettles are working and that they've got plenty of milk and teabags.

    Think I'll wait a couple of weeks until I've got a full month's worth of delays recorded and then start sending them abusive messages on Twitter.

    Arseholes.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,912
    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.
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,431
    cantersaddick said:

    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...
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    cantersaddick said:

    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...
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    ForeverAddickted said:

    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!!
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    I have to go into Dover this msorni
    ForeverAddickted said:

    cantersaddick said:

    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.

    image
    A picture paints a thousand words.
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  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    ForeverAddickted said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    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.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    MrLargo said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    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.
    To be honest mate I'd quite happily crap in my own hands and throw the results at them

    Offer is really appreciated though
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    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?")
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,735
    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.
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,735
    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?
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Wonder what Rio thought of them tonight...?

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  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,881
    WSS said:

    Wonder what Rio thought of them tonight...?

    image

    Shame he didn’t get a taxi, he might have been able to give an update on the takeover
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    WSS said:

    Wonder what Rio thought of them tonight...?

    image

    Can't quite make it out, any chance you could make the picture a bit bigger?
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,359
    WSS said:

    Wonder what Rio thought of them tonight...?

    image

    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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