farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I feel sorry for the poor tree.the leaves on the line today still have the rest of the tree attached
F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute
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davesgcr
Reading books
I feel sorry for the poor tree.
2 Southeastern trains near Lewisham got entanged in buddleia trunks ! (technically to me , a large weed !) , few other incidents with trees elsewhere - spectacularly near Glasgow where some tree surgeons felled a tree onto the overheads (over a 100 cancellations accordingly) , note one down this am near Wokingham. Ongoing problem .......
discobastard
Well-Known Member
Here we have the result of compensation claimed for Southern's months and months of randomly cancelled trains and reduced timetable.
Having taken considerable time to input the specific journeys that they had cancelled, as you are only allowed to claim for journeys made in the last 28 days and only able to input up to four individual journeys at a time, I received the following today (based on a travelcard that costs me £146 a month and for which I suffered at least three months of being fucked about).
£22.80 in rail vouchers. In four separate letters. WELL DONE EVERYBODY.
Having taken considerable time to input the specific journeys that they had cancelled, as you are only allowed to claim for journeys made in the last 28 days and only able to input up to four individual journeys at a time, I received the following today (based on a travelcard that costs me £146 a month and for which I suffered at least three months of being fucked about).
£22.80 in rail vouchers. In four separate letters. WELL DONE EVERYBODY.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Why do people insist on talking inane shit on the train at this time of day? 
nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
Crunch time at Southern Rail - It said it would deliver 12 weeks' notice to conductors on Friday, terminating their contracts from 31 December, and they would be offered new contracts as on-board supervisors to start on 1 January.
Someone at work mentioned striking is illegal when working your notice, but of course the drivers can still strike against the change in their role.
Someone at work mentioned striking is illegal when working your notice, but of course the drivers can still strike against the change in their role.
nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you all -from Southern Fail - fuck-numpties:
Southern rail workers to strike over Christmas and new year
Southern rail workers to strike over Christmas and new year
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Back to roads.
They are re-surfacing the main road through Penrhyndeudreath - Gywnedd, North Wales (A487).
It says to expect (severe) delays, as they are using the 10mph convoy system. Fair enough, as it goes.
But they haven't got the balance right - letting far too many vehicles through before changing direction. Which means almost non-moving tailbacks of several miles - in both the main directions, and some very irate people ( Yesterday, someone got out of their car - stopping in the convoy itself - to verbally abuse some of the workers. No matter how p155ed off you are, that is NOT acceptable ...)
But I'm very glad that they haven't encouraged using the back lanes, us holders of local knowledge can steal around, and bypass the delay a bit.
They are re-surfacing the main road through Penrhyndeudreath - Gywnedd, North Wales (A487).
It says to expect (severe) delays, as they are using the 10mph convoy system. Fair enough, as it goes.
But they haven't got the balance right - letting far too many vehicles through before changing direction. Which means almost non-moving tailbacks of several miles - in both the main directions, and some very irate people ( Yesterday, someone got out of their car - stopping in the convoy itself - to verbally abuse some of the workers. No matter how p155ed off you are, that is NOT acceptable ...)
But I'm very glad that they haven't encouraged using the back lanes, us holders of local knowledge can steal around, and bypass the delay a bit.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
How did SWT get on yesterday...
Events which affected services included
Events which affected services included
- Electrical supply problem at Whitton London.
- Signalling failure at Queenstown Road
- Signalling failure at Feltham
- Broken down train at Godalming
- Ill Passenger at Wimbledon
- Swan on the line at Staines:
- Poor railhead conditions at Clandon, Winchester, Brookwood, Kempton Park, Whitchurch, Chandlers Ford and Romsey
- Signalling problem at Twickenham
- Tree on the line at Havant
- Operating safety incident at Cranbrook
- Signalling failure at Clapham Junction
- Broken down train at Hounslow
- Signalling failure at Staines
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Same goes for the two broken down trains...
Yeah, x2
Me76
Not very good lurker
I see Southern have changed their delay reply form. Previously if a train was cancelled, that was it, submit the claim and get money.
Now they ask for further details and state:
This suggests to me they will actually be checking whether you could get another train within 30 minutes and so not pay the claim. They have got wise!!!
Now they ask for further details and state:
This suggests to me they will actually be checking whether you could get another train within 30 minutes and so not pay the claim. They have got wise!!!
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Do you live in Dorking?
We may have had this conversation before and I've completely forgotten.
Nearby village. I commute from Dorking.
4 carriage train this morning. All seats taken before it even left its starting station. "We're sorry about the short train, but we had an equipment breakdown". Oh, that's okay then. You couldn't foresee that you would have equipment breakdowns, obviously. If only there were some way of avoiding such things, eh?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Maintenance you say? Surely that would cost money, old boy?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Oddly enough I think they may have added swan-on-line to their list when they painted Staines railway bridge yellow to make it more visible to swans...
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I like Southerns new advert
Me76
Not very good lurker
Virtual Blue
ready
Is the Southwestern fixed yet? Two days in a row now of utter shit.
Virtual Blue
ready
4 carriage hell and I always go on the end carriage too.
No fucking warning on the TFL website either!
I checked and all 4 trains were cancelled this morning.
Tube to Brixton it is then (and bus on the A23 hell)
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Bunch of fucking cretins on the train shouting and carrying on. What the fuck is wrong with some people. 
davesgcr
Reading books
My elder boy worked in Berlin - his boss came in an hour late ranting about a WW2 bomb which had shut the S-Bahn down - shouted at my boy and said it was his fault ! - son said only 50% chance of that as we had the night shift and the Yanks did the night shift.
Next day - all normal again - German boss apologises to my son - and it was indeed an USA WW2 bomb.
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