Too many trains on the line ....
13 October 2006, 10:21 AM
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Too many trains on the line ....
You couldn't make it up! On the Picadilly line Thursday morning about 7am. I get on at Osterley when I have to get into London for 9am. About 5 mins in we start stopping outside stations, crawling for a few yeard then stopping again. Here we go I thought. Anyhow, the driver came on th line and sais 'sorry for the delay but's caused by lots of trains on the line' ...!!
FFS!! You couldn't make it up. Don't they run to a timetable? Don't they use the same timetable EVERY day so this is not unexpected. And as for saying 'maybe there was a breakdown or something' the guy I went to see said it happned the previous day to him near West Ham.
What a way to run a railway! Good job it's not public transport ... ooops! It is isn't it .... at least that's what Ken keeps telling us.
Dave
PS: and I had to stand from Osterley to central London (c. 40 mins!!!)
FFS!! You couldn't make it up. Don't they run to a timetable? Don't they use the same timetable EVERY day so this is not unexpected. And as for saying 'maybe there was a breakdown or something' the guy I went to see said it happned the previous day to him near West Ham.
What a way to run a railway! Good job it's not public transport ... ooops! It is isn't it .... at least that's what Ken keeps telling us.
Dave
PS: and I had to stand from Osterley to central London (c. 40 mins!!!)
13 October 2006, 10:27 AM
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Just another way of saying some other trains are late. I get it on the way up to Hertford, if a slow train is late I get caught behind it and the same stop-start stuff happens. At least you get told, my operator is worthless thieving scum in my opinion and they don't even bother to tell passengers what's going on 
13 October 2006, 10:28 AM
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I had the exact same thing TWICE yesterday...once coming into London Bridge from Greenwich and then again coming into Wimbledon from Waterloo 
13 October 2006, 11:36 AM
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It's not hard to understand why, there are normally 76 trains along the Piccadilly line during peak periods and any of these could be held up due to any number of reasons - faulty train, signal problems, passenger illness etc so any delay of more than 1-2 minutes will have a flow on effect to every other train backed up behind.
Not sure what Ken can do, unless you have an idea on how to make a 100% reliable train service that is completely unaffected by faults, passengers etc.
Not sure what Ken can do, unless you have an idea on how to make a 100% reliable train service that is completely unaffected by faults, passengers etc.
13 October 2006, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
Not sure what Ken can do, unless you have an idea on how to make a 100% reliable train service that is completely unaffected by faults, passengers etc.
Dave
13 October 2006, 02:14 PM
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But to be fair no other country in Europe has anything like the population or extensive public transport network (let alone the age of tunnels) that London does.
I hate all politicians because they are self-serving by nature but I really don't see what anyone could do other than investing tens of billions into new infrastructure, and in the case of the tube that would mean digging/redigging larger tunnels to make capacity higher. And this country doesn't do big infrastructure projects well.
I hate all politicians because they are self-serving by nature but I really don't see what anyone could do other than investing tens of billions into new infrastructure, and in the case of the tube that would mean digging/redigging larger tunnels to make capacity higher. And this country doesn't do big infrastructure projects well.
13 October 2006, 02:39 PM
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Our train service is fantastic, I have never seen a train arrive or depart late.
They are always clean and unless there is a beerfest on you can 99% of the time get a seat and it never has rips, graffiti, chewing gum or other bodily fluids on it.
They are always clean and unless there is a beerfest on you can 99% of the time get a seat and it never has rips, graffiti, chewing gum or other bodily fluids on it.
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13 October 2006, 02:56 PM
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I agree. I see middle aged businessmen in impeccable suits sitting on the train with their bloody feet on the seat opposite. Makes my blood boil! I might have to sit on that the next day. Woe betide anyone that tells these people not to do it, more than likely met with a punch in the face.
I hate people.
I hate people.
13 October 2006, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
But to be fair no other country in Europe has anything like the population or extensive public transport network (let alone the age of tunnels) that London does.
I hate all politicians because they are self-serving by nature but I really don't see what anyone could do other than investing tens of billions into new infrastructure, and in the case of the tube that would mean digging/redigging larger tunnels to make capacity higher. And this country doesn't do big infrastructure projects well.
I hate all politicians because they are self-serving by nature but I really don't see what anyone could do other than investing tens of billions into new infrastructure, and in the case of the tube that would mean digging/redigging larger tunnels to make capacity higher. And this country doesn't do big infrastructure projects well.
Dave
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