F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute

[nuffsaid]

I wonder what will go wrong on the rail network today as it is forecast to be a tad warm? Melting rails is my guess.

And lo it came to pass...

‘The tracks are MELTING’ Outrage as commuter trains delayed by summer sunshine

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm so glad I'm not working at the moment. I don't think I could bare the shit southern service paired with this heat.

 

[High Voltage]

Not exactly a commute home, but coming back from a customer visit I (foolishly) decided to pop into Gordano services to pick up a sandwich

2 hours later and I finally managed to get out of the grid-locked service station

NEVER AGAIN

And my work was less than 1 mile away

 

[davesgcr]

Bucked rails (not melting rails FFS) - can be very , very serious ..


Report on the Derailment that occurred on 28th July 1975 between Sarnau and St. Clears in the Western Region British Railways :: The Railways Archive (

train went over buckled rails at about 60 mph - and derailed)

Now this one happened in South West Wales in the 1970's , I have personal experience of being a very committed and hands on Operations Manager - where one horribly hot evening at South Tottenham on the Gospel Oak - Barking line ,(travelling out cause I knew we would have problems in that heat - partly crap old DMU trains and partly to support the hard worked traincrew in that heat) - as we ran into the station - the track just popped and flexed in front of us into an S- Bend. Had a great driver - and we thought as it was still "in gauge" - we cold get over it , which we did at about 2 mph with me on the ground ready to stop the move ! - we did and called out the PW gang from the box , who watered it , cooled it down and flexed it back into shape. We got people home that evening .....though I suspect they did not realise it ..

 

[Artaxerxes]

Managed to get home before the Central line got delayed thank god, it was still almost unbearable.

Tomorrow will be even worse.

Urgh.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Fingers crossed train aircon works properly today.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Bucked rails (not melting rails FFS)

Melty rails does sound more interesting though. Trains gliding over pools of liquid metal, like hovercraft.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Signal failure south of Stafford with diversions in place. Better be fixed by home time.

 

[nuffsaid]

People getting angry at a 'meet-the-manager' event with Southern Rail - Commuter hauled off by police for shouting at Southern Rail boss

 

[SikhWarrioR]

Apparently john major got his knighthood for Railway privatization wonder 20 years on does he still think the way john major carried out Railway privatization was the right way to go about Railway privatization

 

[NoXion]

I'm getting really fucking tired of the 07:44 to Reading being fucking late pretty much EVERY FUCKING DAY. Today it was over FIFTEEN FUCKING MINUTES LATE. Fuck you "Great" Western Railway, fuck you sideways with a fucking railroad spike!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Why do they say 'xx:xx service is delayed' and leave it at that, with no additional clue as to what is going on? Bastards.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Why do they say 'xx:xx service is delayed' and leave it at that, with no additional clue as to what is going on? Bastards.

usually because they haven't got any clue either.

it's largely an automated system. if train leaves previous station 10 minutes late, its fair to assume it will be about 10 minutes late at the next one.

if a train just stops, or fails to leave its first station on time, the system has no way of knowing if it will move in a minute, or whether there has been a monumental balls up that means it won't move for an hour.

the 'finding out what the heck is going on then getting info out there' phase takes a bit longer.

whether there are enough staff to get involved when it all hits the fan, to deal with the problem and get info out there, is another question...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

usually because they haven't got any clue either.

it's largely an automated system. if train leaves previous station 10 minutes late, its fair to assume it will be about 10 minutes late at the next one.

if a train just stops, or fails to leave its first station on time, the system has no way of knowing if it will move in a minute, or whether there has been a monumental balls up that means it won't move for an hour.

the 'finding out what the heck is going on then getting info out there' phase takes a bit longer.

whether there are enough staff to get involved when it all hits the fan, to deal with the problem and get info out there, is another question...

I don't want to hear your logical explanation.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Why do they say 'xx:xx service is delayed' and leave it at that, with no additional clue as to what is going on? Bastards.

It's cos they are scum who hate you. That and privitisation.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Artaxerxes]

It's cos they are scum who hate you. That and privitisation.

Fucking hedges!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Why are noisy, screechy and annoying children allowed on peak trains. The least they could do is use duck tape to shut them up.

 

[davesgcr]

Why are noisy, screechy and annoying children allowed on peak trains. The least they could do is use duck tape to shut them up.

Just think , they only paid £2 as well.

My sympathies , been there too often.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Just think , they only paid £2 as well.

My sympathies , been there too often.

I think an ideal solution is one of those cattle wagons that could be towed behind the train. They have slats so plenty of fresh air, and the screeching brats could make as much noise as they like.

This week has seen a huge increase in the number of kids travelling at peak for some reason, but one thing was quite nice this evening - a woman reading a story to the two kids she had with her. Quite nice to listen to too - she was doing the proper story-telling inflections and the lot.

 

[davesgcr]

I think an ideal solution is one of those cattle wagons that could be towed behind the train. They have slats so plenty of fresh air, and the screeching brats could make as much noise as they like.

This week has seen a huge increase in the number of kids travelling at peak for some reason, but one thing was quite nice this evening - a woman reading a story to the two kids she had with her. Quite nice to listen to too - she was doing the proper story-telling inflections and the lot.

Being a father of 3 - and obviously taken them on the trains often on invigorating end educational days out - I recall one glorious occasion when no 1 boy had been superbly behaved on a peak train - I sat and read to him and pointed out interesting features etc to the tacit approval of the Celia Johnson type character opposite - no 1 then carefully blew his nose and asked "Celia" if she would like his bogie ..I nearly died of shame - but she (ever so kindly and graciously opened up her handbag - produced a pristine lavender scented hankerchief - and said "Thank you young man"....) - to this day I salute this woman......

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

This week has seen a huge increase in the number of kids travelling at peak for some reason, but one thing was quite nice this evening - a woman reading a story to the two kids she had with her. Quite nice to listen to too - she was doing the proper story-telling inflections and the lot.

It's summer holidays , that's why there's more kids about. Why they scream when they see you is another matter

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's summer holidays , that's why there's more kids about. Why they scream when they see you is another matter

They scream because they're obnoxious little shits who should be sent to work down the mines.

 

[SikhWarrioR]

Maybe the problems affecting today's railway could all down to the wrong kind of Fat Cats on the line ?? as opposed to the wrong kind of snow/leaves/floods etc

 

[Me76]

Got my first response to a delay repay claim from Southern today. I must say it is one of the more satisfying vouchers from £3.60 I have received in my life.

It's for one of the sets of claims from the second week which makes me wonder about their system, but looking forward to getting more and paying for my next ticket with the vouchers.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Got my first response to a delay repay claim from Southern today. I must say it is one of the more satisfying vouchers from £3.60 I have received in my life.

It's for one of the sets of claims from the second week which makes me wonder about their system, but looking forward to getting more and paying for my next ticket with the vouchers.

I thought you could now demand to be paid in cash?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I thought you could now demand to be paid in cash?

I always ask for a cheque these days - otherwise I chuck the voucher in a drawer and only find it once it's expired.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I always ask for a cheque these days - otherwise I chuck the voucher in a drawer and only find it once it's expired.

Where do you chuck yer cheques?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Where do you chuck yer cheques?

In the bank, of course. Vouchers are useless if you have a season ticket, as the last thing you want to do is set foot on a train after commuting every day.