Driver just announced things are expected to get back to normal by "dinner time".
Can any of the salt of the eartgh lower class types who post on here please translate whether that means the one after elevensies or the one before supper as it's causing an awful kerfuffle on the Tunbridge Wells train?
southeastern website says 12:00 so they'll be knackered till tea time
already changed it to 15:00
Well, it's not really their fault today.
Their communication of shit like this is still wank though and they can piss off.
I'm on 12.20 train out of CX - station reopened circa 12 - running smoothly
However, can they get back to a decent position come rush hour - dunno
I actually think they did quite well this morning - the problem wasn't down to them - I was 20 mins late, mainly because of changing to LB for CSt
I was expecting it to be worse this morning than it actually was, so credit where due. Even the journey from LB to Westminster was painless enough. I suspect a lot of people worked from home ...............
Traveling into Victoria then on to green park this morning, the biggest delay was getting into the underground at Victoria with the gates two thirds closed
I'm on 12.20 train out of CX - station reopened circa 12 - running smoothly
However, can they get back to a decent position come rush hour - dunno
I actually think they did quite well this morning - the problem wasn't down to them - I was 20 mins late, mainly because of changing to LB for CSt
I was expecting it to be worse this morning than it actually was, so credit where due. Even the journey from LB to Westminster was painless enough. I suspect a lot of people worked from home ...............
Due to the probs it was my first time today in the fully reopened LB - normally pass straight thru - I have to say it's very impressive
Rumour is that the bloke who laid the Gas Main had a mate who's uncle used to be a Station Manager at Hayes. I knew it, you utter bastards Southeastern
Traveling into Victoria then on to green park this morning, the biggest delay was getting into the underground at Victoria with the gates two thirds closed
The way Victoria is at the moment, I would have walked it. Nice park to walk through
Traveling into Victoria then on to green park this morning, the biggest delay was getting into the underground at Victoria with the gates two thirds closed
The way Victoria is at the moment, I would have walked it. Nice park to walk through
Walked it yesterday morning when there was actual problems on the underground but today it was just getting through the gate, as soon as you did it was fine
The extra rush hour Southeastern trains promised before the London Bridge work have of course vanished into the ether and in stead we are now 30-40 carriages short each rush hour.
Really? I’m actually travelling to Leeds today for work, where are the problems?
Just spent a great 25 minutes waiting at Kings Cross for my train. Was sat by the entrance to an escalator that obviously usually goes down as everyone was making their way to it and had to stop at the last minute as it was coming up. Couple of dopey pricks engrossed in their phones actually stepped onto it. Also fun to watch blokes clearly full of their own importance pushing through people getting stopped in their tracks.
Since opening the new congestion- reducing platforms at start of Jan I've had 2 journeys not delayed by congestion.
It's eased near London Bridge but is now pushed down the line to Lewisham and Hither green every day.
The cynic in me suggests the main driver of the station overhaul and 2 years of commuter inconvenience was to create revenue streams from the rental income from all the commercial units now in the station.
Lovely shiny platforms and expansive Costa Coffee-filled concourse to enjoy whilst you arrive late every day or await the serially delayed sloth mobile to ferry you home.
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Their communication of shit like this is still wank though and they can piss off.
However, can they get back to a decent position come rush hour - dunno
I actually think they did quite well this morning - the problem wasn't down to them - I was 20 mins late, mainly because of changing to LB for CSt
Worder if it was an exercise or something
Nice park to walk through
The above link gives some information,15 trains an hour from December 2018 & 24 trains an hour through central London from May 2019.
It's eased near London Bridge but is now pushed down the line to Lewisham and Hither green every day.
The cynic in me suggests the main driver of the station overhaul and 2 years of commuter inconvenience was to create revenue streams from the rental income from all the commercial units now in the station.
Lovely shiny platforms and expansive Costa Coffee-filled concourse to enjoy whilst you arrive late every day or await the serially delayed sloth mobile to ferry you home.