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F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute

Seems a lot of trains on my route are fucked this evening - some over an hour late.

Just arrived at home station - exactly 30 minutes late so claim on its way.
 
Let's have a looksy at how SWT are coping with the unexpected event that is autumn...

Area's affected by autumn conditions today:
- Weybridge station
- Wanborough station
- Stoneleigh to Ewell West station
- Winnersh Triangle - Sunningdale station
- Woolston station
- Brookwood station
- Esher station
- Claygate station
- Portsmouth area
- Southampton area
- Eastleigh area
- Overton - Warminster station
- Strawberry hill - Kingston station
- Addlestone station
- Basingstoke station
- Camberley and Ascot station


Plus a little bit of...

We also have a number of incidents which are affecting train service this evening.
- An earlier broken down train at Southampton Airport Parkway and at Whitchurch.
- A track defect on the country bound fast line at Woking.
- Signalling problems in the Weymouth area
- Signalling problems between Romsey and Salisbury



And a dash of...

A replacement bus service is operating between Ascot and Aldershot and will be in place until the end of service, however bus services may be further delayed due to reports of a fallen tree blocking the A30 at Bagshot which is the only route between Bagshot and Camberley.

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A380 said:
Thameslink last night person under. Not TL's fault but four hours to get home to Bedford.

Darwin Award with Honours ....person went bike riding on the track south of Elstree Tunnel and inevitably found a train....

Last night was the second train failure in an hour (I was on the first and was kicked off at Kentish Town) - the second one was dramatic as it died right across the junction at Carlton Road...
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Some idiot was behind me with full beam headlights on for the last 10+ miles of my drive in this morning. Had to adjust my rear-view mirror accordingly.
 
Fun ride on the Central line this morning, major delays and we were then told we had to change trains at Leytonstone once the traffic was flowing (why we couldn't just stay on?)

Luckily we got off at South Woodford to catch a through train, Leytonstone was a nightmare, got more than a little squashed.

Got to Bethnal Green and heard some woman screaming for help, think she got a little stuck in the gap or something the guy on the platform sorted her out within a minute but we still had another delay of 10-15 minutes while the emergency cord was reset...
 
Stuck on Thameslink Station for 10mins this morning.
And pretty much all this week, I've been late for work.

South Western Trains is the pits.

Can't wait to get my bike fixed.
 
It was the fact that it was two days in a row that impressed me. Also kudos to the ticket inspector at St Pancras last night who, faced with 1000 really pissed off people thought it was a fantastic idea to start challenging and berating people about having tickets for the wrong trains. From an intellectual perspective I was disappointed when his colleagues physically dragged him away from the barriers as it would have been interesting to see if a mob of commuters could have constructed a large, flammable wicker man from discarded items on the station concourse...
 
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2 hours to get from Waterloo to Dorking today. Train took 45 minutes extra to get to Leatherhead, then we were thrown off and had to wait 15 mins for a Southern train to Dorking. Left work at 4pm, will get home at about 7pm.
 
Disruption has been reported to services between London Waterloo and Godalming.

The following train services may be cancelled or delayed due to congestion caused by delays earlier today
- The 17:15, 17:30, 17:45, 18:00, 18:18, 18:30, 18:45, 19:15, 19:30, 19:45 and 20:00.

The following train services may be cancelled or delayed due to poor railhead conditions
- The 17:15, 17:30, 17:45, 18:00, 18:18, 18:30, 18:45, 19:15, 19:30, 19:45 and 20:00.

The 17:45 may be cancelled or delayed due to a signalling problem.

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Bahnhof Strasse said:
Disruption has been reported to services between London Waterloo and Godalming.

The following train services may be cancelled or delayed due to congestion caused by delays earlier today
- The 17:15, 17:30, 17:45, 18:00, 18:18, 18:30, 18:45, 19:15, 19:30, 19:45 and 20:00.

The following train services may be cancelled or delayed due to poor railhead conditions
- The 17:15, 17:30, 17:45, 18:00, 18:18, 18:30, 18:45, 19:15, 19:30, 19:45 and 20:00.

The 17:45 may be cancelled or delayed due to a signalling problem.

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:(

Tube journey to Streatham.
How shit.
 
All my trains have been getting more and more rubbish over the last week or so and it dawned on me this morning that this is the run up to Christmas where everyone just stops giving a shit. Last year I think I remember the last 6 weeks before Christmas only having 3 trains that actually turned up on time. Obviously rain and wind and stuff doesn't help, but I expect it only to get worse until January.
 
So southern are definitely checking the claims more carefully.

Journey Details
21 November 2016
London Bridge to Tulse Hill at 17:50
Decision: Declined
Having checked our records for the details of the delay you provided to us, our systems show that the delay was 25 minutes, which is below the minimum threshold for which you are entitled to Delay Repay compensation. We used the following information to calculate your delay: The intended leg from 17:50 LONDON BRIDGE, scheduled to arrive at TULSE HILL at 18:08 could not be taken because the train was cancelled. The alternative leg from 18:08 LONDON BRIDGE left on time, scheduled to arrive at TULSE HILL at 18:28, arrived 5 minutes late. Total journey delay: 25 minutes.
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I think it will still be worth putting in the claims for cancelled trains as if the one after is delayed it might hit the threshold.
 
Me76 said:
So southern are definitely checking the claims more carefully.



I think it will still be worth putting in the claims for cancelled trains as if the one after is delayed it might hit the threshold.
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Always worth a try - although it depends on which individual deals with your claim I find. Some are more reasonable than others.

My train route runs every half an hour so a cancellation almost inevitably means compensation is due.
 
davesgcr said:
Basically "no pay - no delay repay" .....
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In theory it would be easy to defraud the system if you have a season ticket. Just watch out for delayed services around your normal travelling time and bung claims in. It must be quite common, and unless they routinely check the train cctv footage for claims to see if you're on the delayed service, quite difficult to spot.
 
The train I normally get from shepherd's bush to Balham was cancelled.

So I went to Clapham. So far two more trains have been "delayed". Will have been here for 45 mins by the time their latest guess gets here.
 
I'm seriously considering working from home every day.

I get to walk my kids to school. I get to sleep for an extra hour (or two), I can have dinner with the family rather than warming up something in the microwave and bolting it down before putting the kids to bed. In fact I get to see the kids for longer than half an hour a day.

I have video calling if people really want to see my face. I can attend meetings with that in pretty much any meeting room. I can take phone calls from three different services on my laptop. Tickets, emails all work as normal. My team has its own chatroom, I can contact anybody in the company on instant messenger.

I don't have to leave home in the dark to wrestle with fucking idiots on a variety of station platforms just to get to a desk in an office that I can recreate at home. I did it for 3 days this week and it was brilliant. Came in to work today and it was awful.

The only downside is... I don't know. I'm going to tell the team to just work from home whenever they like. Fuck this shit.
 
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