I didn’t know anything about last nights hassle on southeastern but I was late getting away from work tonight, it was a nice surprise and gesture from the rail company to hand out £3 costa vouchers for last nights inconvenience. I had a couple off them on behalf of you people who were late home yesterday.
Fair enough that they've given advance warning but I don't really understand why work at Barnehurst means closing Bexleyheath, Welling, Falconwood, Eltham and Kidbrooke? Could they not run trains as far as Bexleyheath?
Fair enough that they've given advance warning but I don't really understand why work at Barnehurst means closing Bexleyheath, Welling, Falconwood, Eltham and Kidbrooke? Could they not run trains as far as Bexleyheath?
do they have to go past Barnehurst to 'turn around' and go back up the other line ?
Fair enough that they've given advance warning but I don't really understand why work at Barnehurst means closing Bexleyheath, Welling, Falconwood, Eltham and Kidbrooke? Could they not run trains as far as Bexleyheath?
do they have to go past Barnehurst to 'turn around' and go back up the other line ?
Yes they would have to run to at least Slade Green area to turn round, which means running through Barnehurst.
Surely it would be possible to put points in (or whatever) somewhere between Bexleyheath and Welling to enable trains to switch from the up to the down line and cause significantly less disruption than closing the whole bloody line for 9 days.
Fair enough that they've given advance warning but I don't really understand why work at Barnehurst means closing Bexleyheath, Welling, Falconwood, Eltham and Kidbrooke? Could they not run trains as far as Bexleyheath?
There are no point to cross the trains back to the up line. The next set are east of Barnehurst, and Kidbrooke in the other direction. Gone are the days of a set of points outside each stations. Less maintenance.
Surely it would be possible to put points in (or whatever) somewhere between Bexleyheath and Welling to enable trains to switch from the up to the down line and cause significantly less disruption than closing the whole bloody line for 9 days.
they would probably shut the line for 14 days to enable that
Surely it would be possible to put points in (or whatever) somewhere between Bexleyheath and Welling to enable trains to switch from the up to the down line and cause significantly less disruption than closing the whole bloody line for 9 days.
they would probably shut the line for 14 days to enable that
I'm no expert (I know, I picked the wrong club to follow) but it doesn't seem to be that complicated. Maybe it's just wishful thinking though.
Surely it would be possible to put points in (or whatever) somewhere between Bexleyheath and Welling to enable trains to switch from the up to the down line and cause significantly less disruption than closing the whole bloody line for 9 days.
they would probably shut the line for 14 days to enable that
I'm no expert (I know, I picked the wrong club to follow) but it doesn't seem to be that complicated. Maybe it's just wishful thinking though.
As well as ripping up the track and building the points you've got to install signals and lay cabling back to the control box. Then reprogram and test all the computers and system controls.
Maybe it would be worth thinking about do it while the line is shut though!
Bexleyheath line to close for 9 days in February for landslide work
Fantastic. So we're going to have a load of scruffy, unwashed, Primark string vest wearing chavs on our trains for a week, talking loudly on their Nokia's and leaving their junk food wrappers all over the place.
I hope they thoroughly clean and disinfect the stations and trains each evening as I seriously don't want to catch anything.
Bexleyheath line to close for 9 days in February for landslide work
Fantastic. So we're going to have a load of scruffy, unwashed, Primark string vest wearing chavs on our trains for a week, talking loudly on their Nokia's and leaving their junk food wrappers all over the place.
I hope they thoroughly clean and disinfect the stations and trains each evening as I seriously don't want to catch anything.
haha fuck offff, excuse to go on holiday for a week for me. Lovely.
Bexleyheath line to close for 9 days in February for landslide work
Fantastic. So we're going to have a load of scruffy, unwashed, Primark string vest wearing chavs on our trains for a week, talking loudly on their Nokia's and leaving their junk food wrappers all over the place.
I hope they thoroughly clean and disinfect the stations and trains each evening as I seriously don't want to catch anything.
Bexleyheath line to close for 9 days in February for landslide work
Fantastic. So we're going to have a load of scruffy, unwashed, Primark string vest wearing chavs on our trains for a week, talking loudly on their Nokia's and leaving their junk food wrappers all over the place.
I hope they thoroughly clean and disinfect the stations and trains each evening as I seriously don't want to catch anything.
Fair enough that they've given advance warning but I don't really understand why work at Barnehurst means closing Bexleyheath, Welling, Falconwood, Eltham and Kidbrooke? Could they not run trains as far as Bexleyheath?
Is there not a station upstream from Barnehurst that has sidings just outside? Like Sidcup does on that loop, which allows them to turn trains round after all the Mottingham, Lee, New Eltham, knuckle-draggers have disembarked and the fine sanitary folk of Albany Park, Crayford and Dartford don't have to share so many trains with em Half a lifetime ago Network SouthEast (or whatever the brand was) ran a sort of shuttle service between Hither Green and Crayford, through a bank holiday or Easter weekend, one train, both ways up and down one side, no need for points & shunting (and no rail replacement bus) cos of major maintenance works somewhere crucial. I had to work throughout near LB, living at the time right near Crayford station. It was effing awful and the robbing shites already had my money for a 7 day ticket, no staff ever at station, natch. No advance warning at all, turned up first affected morning, train standing at platform, ramjam full waiting for a green light. Token explanation in borderline illegible chalk scrawl on a black board propped against a lamppost rapidly washing away in the relentless bank holiday drizzle. Coming home even worse. The "scheduled" departure time from HG wasn't linked to the times any trains arrived into HG from London on any of the other routes. Couple of times legged it over the footbridge to see empty train trundling off eastwards, necessitating a 40+ minute wait for the self same shitbox to rattle back. BR-NSE's customer service policy makers must have TUPE'ed over through all the various franchise TOC criminal cash sponge parasites ever since and are still hoovering up the overtime as they plot new ways to figuratively anally violate the optionless commuter.
If Delay repay was 15 mins when I travelled on Southeastern I would have been able to claim at least 6 times a week. I was getting 1 a week for 30 mins.
Always frustrated me how you were either 29 mins late or about 45. Its almost like they prioritised trains that they could avoid paying delay repay on to the detriment of those that had already missed the target.
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I had a couple off them on behalf of you people who were late home yesterday.
Maybe it would be worth thinking about do it while the line is shut though!
Fantastic. So we're going to have a load of scruffy, unwashed, Primark string vest wearing chavs on our trains for a week, talking loudly on their Nokia's and leaving their junk food wrappers all over the place.
I hope they thoroughly clean and disinfect the stations and trains each evening as I seriously don't want to catch anything.
Half a lifetime ago Network SouthEast (or whatever the brand was) ran a sort of shuttle service between Hither Green and Crayford, through a bank holiday or Easter weekend, one train, both ways up and down one side, no need for points & shunting (and no rail replacement bus) cos of major maintenance works somewhere crucial. I had to work throughout near LB, living at the time right near Crayford station. It was effing awful and the robbing shites already had my money for a 7 day ticket, no staff ever at station, natch. No advance warning at all, turned up first affected morning, train standing at platform, ramjam full waiting for a green light. Token explanation in borderline illegible chalk scrawl on a black board propped against a lamppost rapidly washing away in the relentless bank holiday drizzle. Coming home even worse. The "scheduled" departure time from HG wasn't linked to the times any trains arrived into HG from London on any of the other routes. Couple of times legged it over the footbridge to see empty train trundling off eastwards, necessitating a 40+ minute wait for the self same shitbox to rattle back. BR-NSE's customer service policy makers must have TUPE'ed over through all the various franchise TOC criminal cash sponge parasites ever since and are still hoovering up the overtime as they plot new ways to figuratively anally violate the optionless commuter.
NSFW!!!
Always frustrated me how you were either 29 mins late or about 45. Its almost like they prioritised trains that they could avoid paying delay repay on to the detriment of those that had already missed the target.