F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute

[Puddy_Tat]

As opposed to "escaped chimpanzee at Chessington South" !

indeed.

or 'badger ate a junction box at new malden'

although if there hadn't also been some sort of balls-up on southern (which is now pretty much normal) I might have got to clapham junction in time to be a few minutes early because the previous train was 26 minutes late...

i am pissed off with this commuting lark.

 

[Zack Murray]

ugh just reading the phrase "new malden" makes me shiver....the city of malden is where i stage most of my tube departures as i'm not close enough for a link where i live. there was one day i drove the 25 minutes there just to realize i left all my wallet and money at home. turned around, came back, only to have the line be shut down for a maintenance repair. imagine the fury...

 

[Dogsauce]

6:45 alarm for me because I'm on the bus (two buses - about 1hr10 total). Cycling gives me about another ten minutes in bed, but chickening out today because of this evening's forecast.

Sometimes I'm in the office before the girlfriend has even got out of bed, she has a 15 minute walk (or 5 minute bike ride) for her commute, and I'm insanely jealous.

 

[davesgcr]

I am often in work (0830) - before my other half moves out of a warm bed. Fair play - as a midwife on call - she is sometimes out of a warm bed in the small hours.....

 

[kabbes]

Me too, but that's because my wife works from home. Lucky woman.

 

[Onket]

A ticket to Clapham High Street takes me closer to work and is cheaper than a ticket to Clapham Junction. I also save on the bus fare from Clapham Junction to work.

My ticket still works the barriers at Clapham Junction though, so I can choose to go that way if there is no Overground running for a while.

For almost £340 a month you'd expect a bit of flexibility ideally.

 

[marty21]

First commute in 12 days

 

[magneze]

Trains all shafted out of Waterloo this morning. Signal failure.

 

[kabbes]

I've started to keep a record of how late my train is every morning.

So far, the five days I have travelled since 12 Jan have been:

13 mins late
7 mins late
2 mins late
4 mins late
9 mins late

On average, 7 minutes late. Never less than 2 minutes late.

That feels about right to me, but I guess we'll see over time if it proves to be so.

 

[marty21]

Signal problems on Chingford to Liverpool St line this morning, journey from Clapton took 35 mins which is about 20 mins extra. Tube was fine.

 

[marty21]

had to get to West Hampstead by 9, left at 8, delays on trains to Liverpool St, so got a bus to Manor House - road was blocked by Police and Ambulance near Seven Sisters Road, walked to Manor House - delays due to person taken ill at Kings Cross - eventually got off at Finsbury Park and got the Victoria to Highbury Corner and then the overland to West Hampstead, got to my meeting at 9.45 - to find out that the handover of the property had been delayed until tomorrow - lol

 

[Onket]

Typical local govt worker arriving 45mins late to a meeting. etc

 

[kabbes]

I've started to keep a record of how late my train is every morning.

So far, the five days I have travelled since 12 Jan have been:

13 mins late
7 mins late
2 mins late
4 mins late
9 mins late

On average, 7 minutes late. Never less than 2 minutes late.

That feels about right to me, but I guess we'll see over time if it proves to be so.

4 minutes late today.

 

[Onket]

Thanks for the update, @kebbabs.

 

[Dan U]

I've started to keep a record of how late my train is every morning.

So far, the five days I have travelled since 12 Jan have been:

13 mins late
7 mins late
2 mins late
4 mins late
9 mins late

On average, 7 minutes late. Never less than 2 minutes late.

That feels about right to me, but I guess we'll see over time if it proves to be so.

I got the 7.46 from Dorking this morning and it was early!

Fucking massive queue to get in the tube though, that never changes.

 

[kabbes]

I got the 7.46 from Dorking this morning and it was early!

Southern train to Victoria -- much more comfortable and much more reliable than the SouthWestern ones to Waterloo. I've sometimes taken it just to have a nicer seat and accepted my journey being 15 minutes longer.

Fucking massive queue to get in the tube though, that never changes.

God, yes. It took 20 minutes this morning to get from the train docked at Waterloo onto a tube on the Waterloo & City line. 20 minutes!

 

[StoneRoad]

This morning's commute was as bad as yesterday - very icy on a road with steep bits and some nasty sharp bends. Luckily it isn't far.

 

[Dan U]

Southern train to Victoria -- much more comfortable and much more reliable than the SouthWestern ones to Waterloo. I've sometimes taken it just to have a nicer seat and accepted my journey being 15 minutes longer.


God, yes. It took 20 minutes this morning to get from the train docked at Waterloo onto a tube on the Waterloo & City line. 20 minutes!

Yeah it's a much nicer train. We do the same at the weekends sometimes!

Next commute is driving to Birmingham and Solihull later this week.

 

[kabbes]

Signal failure at Wimbledon, fuck all in and out of Waterloo. Am on a train going in the right kind of direction.
Even for the commute, it's unbelievably packed. Actually painful -- at one point I was struggling to breathe.

The usual service is a disgrace. I don't even know what you'd call this. It's like a dystopian nightmare.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

left work at the right time for the first time in 2 weeks.

17 minutes late (so far) - train door fault at clapham junction.

blargh.

 

[kabbes]

left work at the right time for the first time in 2 weeks

17 minutes late (so far) - train door fault at clapham junction.

blargh.

And they say it like it's a valid excuse. The rolling stock is their responsibility!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

And they say it like it's a valid excuse. The rolling stock is their responsibility!

on the other hand, i guess quite a few door faults are due to passengers holding the doors as they are closing because they are more important than everyone else on the train...

and now 28 minutes late. wondering if we will get the "please get off and wait in the cold for the next one as we've been told to go fast to reading / back to waterloo"...

 

[Dan U]

Apologies for the source, election season and all that, but this gives a little flavour of the carnage on the Redhill line with the LBG works

http://www.blunt4reigate.com/news/crispin-blunt-meets-transport-secretary-over/983

This used to be my commute and following many commuters and local action groups on twitter I am fucking glad it isn't anymore. It has been an utter farce since January, just mind bogglingly shit.

What's amusing is this was accurately predicted at a meet the managers session in Redhill months ago.

People really really in uproar. Full blown reigate Tory commuters demanding nationalisation etc [emoji1]

 

[Dan U]

Oh and latest insult is Oxted line is shit (who took no cuts in the new timetable) due to a lack of rolling stock so those commuters can travel via Redhill for no extra cost on any ticket.

I really feel for the people running southerns twitter account

 

[BigMoaner]

i love my hour commute from thornton heath to paddington, door to door. read, music, relax. can just sit there and think. anyone with small kids might appreciate the peace like i do. it's priceless actually.

 

[kabbes]

7 minutes late today

 

[marty21]

signal failure at Kings X, on the metro/circle lines - lots of confused peeps wondering how to get to Kings X from Liverpool St, I walked to Moorgate and got the Northern Line (got a seat too )

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Second Wednesday in two weeks with NO TRAINS RUNNING AT ALL to London.

Well done SWT. They're hoping to get something cobbled together by 1pm. Which is handy as no one really needs to travel before then anyway.

 

[kabbes]

Waterloo is bellowing out, "will Inspector Sands please report to the cab room" over and off again on the tannoy. Doesn't that mean there is a fire or a bomb or something?

 

[marty21]

Waterloo is bellowing out, "will Inspector Sands please report to the cab room" over and off again on the tannoy. Doesn't that mean there is a fire or a bomb or something?

Clean up , someone has been sick somewhere or shat on the platform