F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute

[marty21]

Smooth trip home , 1m wait at kings x , get to Liverpool St at 5.13 and walked on to the 5.18 which left on time

 

[Nancy_Winks]

I read this thread with a kind of horrified fascination I feel so sorry for kabbes

I just don't think I could cope with that shite day in day out.

 

[Onket]

Yeah, poor bloody kebabbes.

 

[Nancy_Winks]

Yeah, poor bloody kebabbes.

Is yours shite too Onket ? Sorry, only just discovered the weird vicarious (?) pleasure of reading other peoples hideous journeys too and from shitty London so not fully up to speed.

My commute is a two and a half mile journey by car. Obvs it's rush hour so it takes 20-25 mins of sitting in walking speed traffic (then parking in the multi storey) but fuck walking or cycling. I'd rather sit in the car smoking fags and listening to Danny & Jojo on Capital with the heating on full. I'll get my comeuppance when I die of lung cancer.

 

[Onket]

I spose it's my own fault for not packing the OP chock full of information as per the FAQs.

 

[Nancy_Winks]

I spose it's my own fault for not packing the OP chock full of information as per the FAQs.

Not at all. I never bother to read OPs on long threads

 

[Nancy_Winks]

I'm really interested in kabbes log of the mundane delays of his shitty train. Between 2 and 13 minutes daily is just such a fucking irritation. I mean Jesus Christ. Just come on time. For once.

 

[Onket]

Not at all. I never bother to read OPs on long threads

Well, this one is well worth the effort.

 

[Nancy_Winks]

Well, this one is well worth the effort.

Liar

 

[Onket]

 

[kabbes]

I'm really interested in kabbes log of the mundane delays of his shitty train. Between 2 and 13 minutes daily is just such a fucking irritation. I mean Jesus Christ. Just come on time. For once.

This has given me the necessary motivation to continue the chronicle.

 

[starfish]

Had to laugh the other day. As usual my train home was delayed, station announcement said it was due to congestion but they also said that the next train was delayed due to confusion.

They did say something after that but I was too busy giggling to hear it.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Broken down train at Wimbledon, 18 minutes late. So Monday late, Tuesday worked at home, Wednesday no trains, Thirsday late. Doing well SWT

 

[kabbes]

11 minutes late this morning + excuse. Broken down train at Wimbledon. Maybe they might want to consider spending some money on maintenance?

 

[kabbes]

Broken down train at Wimbledon, 18 minutes late. So Monday late, Tuesday worked at home, Wednesday no trains, Thirsday late. Doing well SWT

Thank god the profit motive was brought into the industry.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

11 minutes late this morning + excuse. Broken down train at Wimbledon. Maybe they might want to consider spending some money on maintenance?

Perhaps it was always sunny when I was a kid, but I used to take the train to school (slam-door jobs) and I don't recall them ever breaking down???

 

[Onket]

From Monday 26 January some morning trains on this route will depart a few minutes earlier

Nice one. Should keep people on their toes.

 

[Onket]

Actually, to be fair to Southern, they've just announced all the times.

The 05:33 from my station will be the 05:30 from Monday.

I will keep the thread updated, of course.

 

[kabbes]

Just the 2 minutes late this morning. So close to being the first on-time train!

 

[marty21]

9.11 from Clapton cancelled, bussing it to Manor House, should make my 10.00am appt Onket

 

[davesgcr]

Surprised no-one has commented on the slight issue with flooding at Farringdon on the Thameslink route ......

Suspended through the core from Sunday - Monday - and again from 2100 last evening to close of traffic today. Nightmare

 

[kabbes]

Look what I found

http://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk/

All the statistics you could want on train arrival times!

Over the last 100 days, My train has arrived within 5 minutes of its due date on 61% of occasions (absolutely rubbish!) and averages 5 minutes late. The next train. is even worse – 56% within 5 minutes and averaging 7 minutes late.

If you look at arrival within 2 minutes of due date, it drops to 34% and 28%.

My train back makes it home within 2 minutes on 54% of occasions. Not as bad as the next one, again, which is down to 33%.

How can they get away with this shit?

 

[Onket]

The 05:30 has only existed since Monday, so isn't really a surprise that it appears to be doing so well!

Still, the 06:50 is the one I used to get before I changed to the 8-4 shift at work. A wise decision based on these stats.

The 07:11 was the train I used to have to catch if I missed the 06:50. I knew It was a bad service but those figures are appalling!

 

[kabbes]

16% and 12% within 5 minutes?! I don't even think 5 minutes is a good result, frankly, because you can easily miss connections as a consequence. But to basically miss that target all month is just unreal.

 

[5t3IIa]

There was something wrong with the Northern line this morning. People were bulging and seeping out of Clapham South so I walked up to Clapham North, via the Post Office and all was irie by the time I got there

 

[kabbes]

Flooding on the Waterloo and Central line platform this morning. Result: ballsacks.

 

[kabbes]

They threw us all off at Epsom in the end. It took me over 3 hours to get home that night, plus an extra £25 in taxi fares

Yeah, I've put in a claim but who knows what they end up actually giving you, if anything?

I don't think I can get compensation for the actual journey because I have a season ticket, or some such nonsense.

They probably won't pay the taxi but I genuinely had no option other than to walk for 10 miles. They really are a bunch of gangsters.

They tell us that it is because of a broken down train like that's an actual excuse. It's their fucking rolling stock!

They've given me £25 of rail vouchers. They made the point that they don't normally pay for taxis but would this time, given the circumstances.

 

[Onket]

Can you use them towards your season ticket next year? Will they still be valid?!

 

[kabbes]

Can you use them towards your season ticket next year? Will they still be valid?!

Yep, can use for season tickets and use within 12 months

 

[Puddy_Tat]

my train home was ON TIME this evening



which i think is the first time this year

so i was home in slightly less than 2 hours after leaving the desk...

i really need to think about moving